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- From: pbauer@athena.mit.edu (Paul H Bauer)
- Subject: Re: Information about ][+
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- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 04:25:45 GMT
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- >>>5. I also got a printer. Imagewriter II, I think. But there is no card
- >>> to connect it to. Where can I find one? Applied Engineering has a
- >>> serial card for $119 but that sure seems steep, especially since a
- >>> serial card for a PC costs about $15.
- >
- >Jameco sells a nice one for about $50-$60, I forget. There ain't enough hard
- >competition in the Apple market to make serial cards that cheap. Actually if
- >you still can, I would recommend getting a parallel interface printer and a
- >parallel card ($30 at JameCo, I have one in my IIgs and use it with a Panasonic
- >1124i Epson LQ850 compatible) because the parallel card is cheaper and it is
- >also faster than serial.
- >
- >Todd Whitesel
- >toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
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- I think you want to stay with the serial card if you want to use the IWII
- which is a very good printer. The card is a lot cheaper than a new printer.
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- pbauer@athena.mit.edu
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