Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!decwrl!ucbvax!YUORION.BITNET!GL250011 From: GL250011@YUORION.BITNET (Nollaig MacKenzie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: RE: Help! Printer cables - info Message-ID: Date: 1 Feb 90 21:30:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 27 There doesn't seem to be a way to reply w/o sending to everyone, so here goes... From the Rainbow Tech Documentation: Printer Port Interface Connector Pin No. Signal Description Mnemonic Direction 1 Protective Ground PROT GND ------- 2 Transmit Data TXD Input 3 Receive Data RXD Output 5 Clear to Send CTS Output * 6 Data Set Ready DSR Output * 7 Signal Ground GND ------- 20 Data Terminal Ready DTR Input * This output is always asserted high. Is this of any use? Cheers, Nollaig MacKenzie gl250011@orion.yorku.CA