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From: johne@fs0.ee.ubc.ca (john ens)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Connecting Smith Corona to PC
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Date: 16 Dec 89 17:31:45 GMT
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Reply-To: johne@ee.ubc.ca (John Ens)
Organization: Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of B.C.
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I have a Smith Corona XE 6100 typewriter which comes with a 9-pin
D-connector for computer communications.  The manual tells me that
I have to buy a "Messenger Module" before I can connect an RS-232
or Centronix interface.  I want to connect the typewriter to my
PC (which has both serial and parallel output ports), but I'm not
crazy about spending more money on a messenger module which may 
be unnecessary.  Does anyone know what this box actually does?
Does anyone know what the pin-out is on the 9-pin D-connector?

Thanks in advance for your help.

John Ens               johne@ee.ubc.ca