The IC was designed to minimize the amount of drivers in Newts. OS 1.x. =
With the OS 2.x you just download the drivers into the Newt. since there =
was a larger memory store.
But the problem is Epson changed the serial protocol on their printers. =
There was a post about this in the 'old NTLK' archives.
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>Back before I purchased my cable, I was told by a sales rep (from Newton
>I think) that the plug contains an integrated circuit which is polled by
>the newt when the cable is plugged in and a printer is selected.
>Apparently all the printer settings on the IC are downloaded into newt
>memory and available until the next brainwipe.
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