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From: jmack@b11.ingr.com (Cery McCormick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: connecting an 8-bit drive to an ST
Summary: Using a printer...
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.122344.20804@b11.ingr.com>
Date: 17 Jun 91 12:23:44 GMT
References: <79914@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <1991Jun14.143122.14136@b11.ingr.com> <1991Jun14.212931.20072@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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In article <1991Jun14.212931.20072@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, lch3e@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Lauren C. Howard) writes:
> On a similar tack;  will these programs, like the auto-folder SIO, that allow
> using an 8-bit drive, also allow using an 8-bit printer with the ST?  That
> would really be helpful at the school where I teach computers; we have 2 spare
> 8-bit LQ printers that we'd like to use with the ST!

	The SIO-Driver includes a generic '8-bit look-a-like' SIO interface,
so it would be possible to hook anything (except a cassette) to the ST.
Unfortunately, the only driver available (so far) is for the disk drives.

	Cary McCormick