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From: hardt@unagi.cis.upenn.edu (Dan Hardt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Qume printer with IBM PC clone
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Date: 30 Jun 91 17:54:55 GMT
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I just got hold of an old Qume Sprint 5 daisy wheel printer,
and I'm having trouble getting it to work with my IBMPC clone.
I'm not sure if the cable is serial or parallel -- can you
tell by looking?  All I have is the parallel port that comes
on the same board with the monitor port.  So I may need to get
a serial port.  But I just want to verify that my cable is
serial first.  It fits into the parallel port, but nothing
happens.

any info would be greatly appreciated.  Please send email.

thanks

dan