Subject: Appletalk HARDWARE quest
From: Jeff.Brielmaier@juge.com (Jeff Brielmaier)
Date: Sun, Nov 29, 1998 10k51(H
Message-id: <a0b_9811300034@juge.com>

d >Can someone help me? My roomie bought a printer (for $5 <G>) which is
d >a GREAT printer (hp500c) but it ONLY has an appletalk connector.
d >Can someone please post the schematic for this connector and/or a
d >wiring diagram for some sort of "appletalk-to-paralell" or
d >"appletalk-to-serial" convertor?

You can try the following cable [described in the 'ImageWriter II
Technical Reference' manual] for a "AppleTalk to Serial" cable.

.miniDIN-8 Jack
.  __   __          miniDIN  RS232   Signal               DB25
. /  |_|  \         Pin #    Symbol  Description          Pin #
./  8 7 6  \          1      DSR     Data Set Ready       6 **
.| 5  4  3 |          1      DCD     Data Carrier Detect  8 **
. \  2 1  /           2      DTR     Data Terminal Ready  20
.  \_____/            3      RxD     Receive Data         3
.                     4 *    GND     Ground               7
.                     5      TxD     Transmit Data        2
.                     6      NC      No Connection
.                     7      NC      No Connection
.                     8 *    GND     Ground
.                   Shield   Shield
.
.                   *  - Connect together at minDIN-8
.                   ** - Connect together at DB25

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