A small program rooting serial data to any installed Windows printer is https://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs/spe.zip/
Georg ========== Ihre Nachricht ========================================== von : Mike Stein <[email protected]> gesendet : Freitag, 14. März 2025, 00:35 an : [email protected] Betreff : [M100] A Model 100/102 "printer" __________ Originalnachricht _______________________________________ > No question that one pinout (the crimp version IIRC) was far more common than > the other but I have run across it several times, especially with the DA-9 > RS-232 cable, so it's not *that* rare and always worth checking first since, > like the different DIP plug pinouts, it's not something you'd expect. > On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM Brian K. White <[email protected]> wrote: >> No he's right. >> It's just that in 35 years of working on countless servers and desktops >> from all different manufacturers I did encounter a single motherboard >> one time that had a different pinout and needed the specific cable that >> came with the board. Everything else in all those machines and buying >> the cables separately from various sources not tied to any boards or >> even manufacturer have all been interchangeable. >> -- >> bkw >> On 3/13/25 18:14, Peter Vollan wrote: >>> I don't think you understand. There used to be a peripheral "card" which >>> was just a short cable that plugged into the motherboard and led to a DB >>> 25 on the back of the PC, then your parallel printer cable would just >>> plug into that. The printer connector on the back of the M100 is the >>> same as the one on the motherboards, so just get one of those adaptors >>> and remove the bracket for mounting on the PC, and you've got your >>> adaptor cable. Of course, I do like my Radio Shack original Model T to >>> centronics parallel printer cable. >>> >>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 at 12:34, Mike Stein <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Careful with those PC internal printer cables; like the DVI issue, >>> some are wired pin to pin and some wired for straight crimping. >>> >>> And wasn't there a simple hack to reroute printer output to the >>> RS-232 port? >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM Brian White <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I made a thing like that using a ftdi chip that does the >>> parallel to usb. >>> >>> https://github.com/bkw777/LPT_Capture <https://github.com/ >>> bkw777/LPT_Capture> >>> >>> The device itself has a db25f plug to plug directly into the >>> back of most pcs, but the adapter from that to the 100 turns out >>> to be simple. Just one of those off the shelf generic pc >>> motherboard parallel port cables that go from the motherboard to >>> the case. >>> >>> bkw >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 9:35 AM George Hunt <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Although a null modem cable connecting the Model 100 serial >>> port to a PC >>> can handle some tasks, there are times I need a printer. For >>> instance- >>> PRINT and SHIFT-PRINT from the panel, LPRINT and variants >>> from a BASIC >>> program, a .CO that uses any of the printer rom routines such as >>> assembly listings from ZBGASM.CO <http://ZBGASM.CO> with /LP. >>> >>> My printer (a DMP105) is probably broken beyond repair and I >>> can't get >>> ribbons for it anyway. This was my plan B: >>> >>> I used a Arduino Nano clone (AliExpress $2-$3), a foot of 26 >>> conductor >>> IDC ribbon cable, a crimp-on 2x13F and a USB jumper. The >>> 2x13F goes in >>> the Model 100 printer port. The USB goes to a PC running a >>> terminal >>> program such as PuTTY. The Nano is in the middle and its sketch >>> (Arduino-speak for program) handles the handshake and >>> parallel to serial >>> conversion and yields a 9600b stream that's the serial >>> replica of the >>> M100 printer parallel output. On the PC the "printer" output >>> and be >>> viewed, scrolled, saved, and printed. Not quite the same as >>> a dot-impact >>> printer but quieter and faster and it doesn't need ribbons. >>> >>> If anyone wants to give this project a try I can provide a >>> materials >>> list, a sketch listing, a wiring diagram, and pixs. >>> >>> GH 3/12/25 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __________ Ende Originalnachricht __________________________________ Vertraulichkeitsinformation: Diese Nachricht ist vertraulich. Die Informationen dieser Nachricht sind ausschließlich für die persönliche und vertrauliche Verwendung durch den/die oben genannten Empfänger bestimmt. 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