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From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Looking for Centronics-style parallel interface card for Mac II
Message-ID: <17104@coherent.com>
Date: 4 Jan 89 02:16:43 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Coherent Thought Inc., Palo Alto CA
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A few weeks ago I saw mention, somewhere, of a company that's making a
Mac II card that supplies a Centronics-style parallel printer interface.
Naturally, I can no longer find the reference.  Has anybody out there
seen such a beast?

I'm aware of the Grappler, which includes a serial-to-parallel
converter;  I'm more interested in a solution that would bypass the
Mac's serial port entirely and provide a direct parallel path into a
printer that supports the Centronics standard interface.  Ideally, the
interface card would come with a modified serial-port driver for the
Mac, which would "spoof" programs that opened the printer port and would
redirect output to the parallel port.

Any hints?  Company names?  "See booth XXX at MacWorld"?

advTHANKSance...


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