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From: lamia@topcat.DEC (Walt Lamia  MKO1-1/A11  264-7772)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Parallel-to-serial converters
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Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 14:41:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 14:41:42 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 04:48:02 EST
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(sacrificial token offering)

	There seem to be a fair number of low-cost printers coming on 
the market these days, but mostly they come with parallel interfaces, 
for use mainly on IBM-type micros.  I think the prices of the RS232 
serializers are outrageously high, so I'd like to ask if anyone in 
net-land knows of a cheap way to build such a device.  Are there neat 
chip sets that could be brewed up into an interface?  Any suggestions 
or pointers to articles in publications would be appreciated.

	If there is enough interest, I will post summaries of replies.

Thanks as always,
Walter Lamia

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