On 11/09/2016 09:19 PM, Tony Duell wrote: > Other intefaces used the Centronics interface in a more conventional > way. There was an RS232 board with its own microcontroller and buffer > RAM that didn't use the bit-banging functions of the printer > microcontroller. There was an IEEE-488 interface from Epsom (it was a > load of TTL from what I recall). And HP made an HPIL interface board > to go there (microcontroller and 1LB3 chip).
Was a Dataproducts interface ever offered for the MX-80? Back in the day, it was almost as popular as Centronics on mid-sized systems. Now, of course, few people remember it. --Chuck
