In article <1fmzkyp.zic6dj11j0zm6N@[192.168.93.40]>,
simon claessen <simon@simski.com> wrote:
>hello there,
>
>i just got a ACP and all the jumpers are down. this can not be right. i
>am unable to communicate with the thing. could anyone with a plotter in
>working order please post the jumper-settings or their meaning?
>

DIP    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8 ON  |
                                            OFF V

       |    |    |    |    |    ON   ON   ON  ---- 9600 baud rate
       |    |    |    |    |    ON   ON   OFF ---- 4800
       |    |    |    |    |    ON   OFF  ON  ---- 2400
       |    |    |    |    |    ON   OFF  OFF ---- 1200
       |    |    |    |    |    OFF  ON   ON  ----  600
       |    |    |    |    |    OFF  ON   OFF ----  300
       |    |    |    |    |    OFF  OFF  ON  ----  150
       |    |    |    |    |    OFF  OFF  OFF ----   75
       |    |    |    ON   ON  ------------------- Invalid stop bit
       |    |    |    OFF  ON  ------------------- 1 bit
       |    |    |    ON   OFF ------------------- 1-1/2 bit
       |    |    |    OFF  OFF ------------------- 2 bit
       |    |    ON  ----------------------------- Odd parity
       |    |    OFF ----------------------------- Even
       |    ON  ---------------------------------- No parity
       |    OFF ---------------------------------- Parity
       ON  --------------------------------------- 7 bit data length
       OFF --------------------------------------- 8 bit

RS232C Pins Assignments  (hardware handshaking only)      
       Pin 1  Protective ground
       Pin 3  Date input (from computer)
       Pin 4  + 12 VDC
       Pin 7  Data return (signal ground)
       Pin 20 Data terminal ready (to computer)

PS You really need the manuals (Part I:Referenece and PartII:Guide to
AppleII) to use the plotter effectively.

  --Steve


-- 

 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)





simon claessen wrote:
> ground.ecn AppleII Librarian <apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>RS232C Pins Assignments  (hardware handshaking only)      
>>       Pin 1  Protective ground
>>       Pin 3  Date input (from computer)
>>       Pin 4  + 12 VDC
>>       Pin 7  Data return (signal ground)
>>       Pin 20 Data terminal ready (to computer)
>>
>>PS You really need the manuals (Part I:Referenece and PartII:Guide to
>>AppleII) to use the plotter effectively.
>>
>>  --Steve
> 
> 
> thanks for the info. do you know if the manual is online somewhere?
> anyway, i'm using the machine on a Mac at the moment with MGPU. there
> was a jumper section in their users manual which worked. Fortunately i
> got a bunch of spare pens in different colours as well.

I don't know of a full manual, but Apple's knowledge archive has the 
following articles in it:

Apple Color Plotter and Apple Writer Interface
Apple Color Plotter: Configuring it to an Apple IIe
Apple Color Plotter: Product Description (Discontinued)
Apple Color Plotter: AppleSoft BASIC Chart Maker II (1 of 3)
Apple Color Plotter: Using it with a IIc
Apple Color Plotter: Pinouts & Switch Settings
Apple Color Plotter Pen Sources
Apple Color Plotter: Configuration Table
Apple Color Plotter: Compatibility

Just do a search for Color Plotter at http://karchive.info.apple.com/

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/
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