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From: vojta@skippy.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta)
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Subject: Re: IBM->Imagewriter II?
Keywords: Can it be done?
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Date: 5 Mar 89 01:40:06 GMT
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In article <7788@ihlpf.ATT.COM> grim1@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Pilgrim) writes:
>Just a simple question...
>Is there any way (software and/or hardware) to allow an IBM clone
>to use an Imagewriter II?  Thanks for any help you can offer.


>                              Steve Pilgrim

In article <5902@bsu-cs.UUCP> mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writ
es:
>...
>Then you just configure the DIP
>switches in the ImageWriter to match, or better yet, you change the baud/
>parity/data bits/stop bits to match the default settings that are used by
>the Apple II series and the Mac.  Then any program that is capable of
>printing to LPT1 (most everything) can print to the ImageWriter.

But also:  don't forget to set the DIP switch for DTR protocol instead of X-on/
X-off protocol.

--Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu