parelell link w/ appleII print cble
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Name: homerj
Date: July 21, 2003 at 20:34:34 Pacific
Subject: parelell link w/ appleII print cble
OS: windowsforworkgroups v.3.
CPU/Ram: 486sx@25mhz/4mb
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Comment: I picked up an appleIIe a bit ago, and noticed the printer cable had pins at each end. could this be used as a laplink cable? PS:the appleIIe is for sale minus the printer cable and printer. w/ appleworks, lazerwriter, and tons of manuals.
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Response Number 1
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Name: kev87
Date: July 21, 2003 at 20:55:18 Pacific
Subject: parelell link w/ appleII print cble |
Reply: (edit)hmm i suppose if they had a connection that was the same as the parallel port but it could wreck your computer if you try to link the 2 ports (1 on 1 comp 1 on the other) you may need to have a certain type of cable like they do with usb cables but i'm not sure but just to be safe i wouldn't risk it.
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Response Number 2
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Name: x86
Date: July 22, 2003 at 00:08:35 Pacific
Subject: parelell link w/ appleII print cble
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Reply: (edit)Apple printer cables have similar connectors to PS2, they are bi-directional for Apples only. If you have a cable with a similar connector to a Parallel port it is probably a SCSI extension cable. The only way to talk between a Mac and WfW is via ethernet connection, if the Apple has the hardware to support this.........
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Response Number 3
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Name: homerj
Date: July 22, 2003 at 10:40:18 Pacific
Subject: parelell link w/ appleII print cble
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Reply: (edit)no, its a printer cable with 25 pins at each end. I want to laplink my labtop to my desktop with. is it ok?
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Response Number 4
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Name: x86
Date: July 22, 2003 at 14:49:38 Pacific
Subject: parelell link w/ appleII print cble
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Reply: (edit)Apple do not use 25pin Parallel ports, it is probably a 25pin SCSI cable:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112168
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Response Number 5
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Name: homerj
Date: July 22, 2003 at 15:42:52 Pacific
Subject: parelell link w/ appleII print cble
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Reply: (edit)no, it connectes the printer to the computer. its from an appleIIe. very vintage.
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Response Number 6
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Name: SkipCox
Date: July 23, 2003 at 22:38:34 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Homer, The cable you have is: 1. A SCSI patch cable or 2. Totally unrelated to the IIe x86 is 101% correct. We are the guys who would not pay $25 for an Apple IIe ten years ago.
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