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From: jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: How to use C-64 printer as RS-232 compatible?
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Date: 20 Feb 89 18:37:21 GMT
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In comp.sys.cbm article <14717@cup.portal.com>, Jeff_A_Scott@cup.portal.com wrote:
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]	Can anyone tell me how to  use a C-64 printer as (preferably)
]	a Centronics-parallel or (second choice or if first choice is
]	expensive) RS-232 printer?  Thanks a lot to whomever replies.

I used to use a VIC-20 as a converter to do this.  A Centronics
parallel connector was wired to the user port, and the VIC ran a quick
program to accept port input and output it to serial with
ASCII/PETSCII conversions.

Unless you have a printer that is designed specifically to also be
used with a different type of interface, the chances are that this
would be one of the more effective ways.  The 64 Serial Bus isn't
exactly simple, when compared to RS232 or Centronics.
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