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From: dwl10@amdahl.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: hp thinkjet and C64C
Message-ID: <16637@amdahl.amdahl.com>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 15:28:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: amdahl.16637
Posted: Tue Oct 20 15:28:28 1987
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Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
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In article <6580005@hplsla.HP.COM> tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) writes:
>If the Thinkjet is an RS232 (serial), not HPIB/IEEE488, you should
>be able to hook it to the C64 "RS232" port, through one of the
>standard converters that makes the C64 port into real RS232 levels.
>See other discussions on the net for pointers to such converters;
>I made my own, and have indeed used it with a Thinkjet.  Jameco
>in Belmont (I think), CA sells one, and I'm sure others do, too;
>about $35, I think.
>
>Tom Bruhns
>uucp: !hplabs!hplsla!tomb
>Above is my personal reply, and is not intended to reflect official
>Hewlett-Packard policy or positions.

CARDCO makes (made?) a RS232 interface that connected to the
SERIAL port, so it still looked like a "real" printer. Last one
I saw was at Toys-<backwards>R-Us. I have no idea wath the
price is, or the Model number.
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