Model 12 <-> Okidata 600e

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Oct 3 18:13:50 2001

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Geoff Reed wrote:

> I've hooked a HPLJ3 up to an old mod 16 (same chassis at mod 12) IIRC the
> RS supplied printer cable was a 34-pin card edge on one end, ribbon cable,
> then the centronics style 36 pin at the other. I would bet though that
> he's hooked upo to the serial port. mod 12's and 16's used DB25F
> connections for their serial.

As did most CP/M machines of the era.

                                                 - don

> At 06:36 AM 10/3/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >If he's done the obvious, i.e. hooking the Oki 600e to a serial port he's
> >going
> >to have troubles.
> >
> >If he has the parallel port spec, it MIGHT work, provided the RS model drives
> >all the signals as the PC does, which I'd guess it doesn't.
> >
> >I've never even seen a model 12, so I don't know how accessible the driver
> >is in
> >the software.
> >
> >Dick
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Geoff Reed" <geoffr_at_zipcon.net>
> >To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:26 PM
> >Subject: Re: Model 12 <-> Okidata 600e
> >
> >
> > > The model 12 should have a parallel port IIRC... it may be a card-edge
> > > style (it's been a while since i've looked at one)
> > >
> > >
> > > At 08:56 PM 10/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >I'm trying to help a friend of a friend interface an Okidata 600e printer
> > > >with a Radio Shack Model 12 computer. Any idea if this is possible? He
> > > >claims to have created an interface cable, but it doesn't work.
> > > >
> > > >Robert Matthews
> > >
> > >
>
>
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