Subject: Appletalk HARDWARE quest From: Jeff.Brielmaier@juge.com (Jeff Brielmaier) Date: Sun, Nov 29, 1998 10k51(H Message-id: d >Can someone help me? My roomie bought a printer (for $5 ) which is d >a GREAT printer (hp500c) but it ONLY has an appletalk connector. d >Can someone please post the schematic for this connector and/or a d >wiring diagram for some sort of "appletalk-to-paralell" or d >"appletalk-to-serial" convertor? You can try the following cable [described in the 'ImageWriter II Technical Reference' manual] for a "AppleTalk to Serial" cable. .miniDIN-8 Jack . __ __ miniDIN RS232 Signal DB25 . / |_| \ Pin # Symbol Description Pin # ./ 8 7 6 \ 1 DSR Data Set Ready 6 ** .| 5 4 3 | 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 8 ** . \ 2 1 / 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready 20 . \_____/ 3 RxD Receive Data 3 . 4 * GND Ground 7 . 5 TxD Transmit Data 2 . 6 NC No Connection . 7 NC No Connection . 8 * GND Ground . Shield Shield . . * - Connect together at minDIN-8 . ** - Connect together at DB25 * KingQWK 1.05 # [PK] * To learn about paranoids, follow 'em around!!!