Re: [NTLK] Newton Print Pack

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Mar 25 2004 - 10:48:20 PST

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Rhonda Hyslop wrote:
> * Andrei Chichak <acpmiedm_at_telusplanet.net> [25 Mar 2004 08:23]:
>
>>Look for an old PowerPrint Appletalk to parallel converter cable. All that
>>Apple did was have them made in black.
>>
>>The old PowerPrint cables were used with the 68K based Macs in the '94 time
>>frame, so they should be pretty cheap now.
>
>
> Holy crap. Good thing I saw this before taking out the garbage from
> spring cleaning... we have a bunch of these cables. Mostly USB->parallel
> PowerPrint, but I see one serial->parallel and I'll dig around to see if
> we have any more. I think we have an official Newton Print Pack cable as
> well, never used as far as I recall. We don't have a parallel printer
> anymore (it died recently, at age 13), and so have no use for them.

The FAQ has a section on what PrintPack cables work. IIRC later models
wouldn't get along with the Newton's PrintPack drivers.

http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIB8

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