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From: ericson@uiucdcsp.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: mac parallel output?
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Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 11:05:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 22 11:05:00 1987
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[ around  Jan 19, 1987 by oster@lapis.berkeley.edu writes in response
  to a request for parallel output for a Mac: ]
>You are in luck. The Microsoft Mac-Enhancer, a box that adds standard
>RS232-C serial ports and a Centronics parallel port to the macintosh, and
>comes with software to drive many printers, has been re-introduced by
>SoftStyle (I think) in Hawaii, the people who do LaserStart and EpsonStart
>(the laserjet and Epson mx-80 drivers.)

Yeah, but for $245 or so, you could buy another printer, or half of a
REALLY good printer (or maybe even an old CP/M computer to do the 
conversion :-).  Is there anyone who knows a more cost-effective
solution?

I though I remembered early in the "128K days" that somone had a small
attachment to the serial port that allowed either parallel or serial
output.  Its size was comparable to a gender changer.  Anyone recall
this?  Are they still made?

Thanks,
Stuart Ericson
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