I was at Goodwill today, and found this little adapter thingee, and was wondering if anyone can help me figure out what I can use it for.
It's an Orange Micro Grappler LQ. It looks like you plug one end of it into a Mac's serial port, and the other end has a parrallel port. There's 4 dipswitches on it for setting it to different modes (there's a chart on the back for setting them) There's a mode for Epson LQ, HP laser, Toshiba, and some generic settings (color or B/W, 7 or 8 bit, and 1 or bi directional). I guess I'd like to know if I need anything else to use this? I recall that orange micro made PC compatibiality cards, and am wodering if I need that for this to work. I'm guessing I need at least a driver for it. Anyone know what the system requirements for this thing are? Anyone know of a website with more info on it? My main computer (G4-400) is tied up this weekend, so I'm pretty much limited to email only for at least today. This machine is an SE/30, and doesn't like being on the 'net :) If I can get this thing working, I'm planning on using it as a temporary way of getting a printer hooked up to my dad's 8500/120 until I can get down there and throw a USB card in it (and up the RAM, the OS from 8.1 to 9.1, the HD from 1G to at least 4G, the processor to at least a 200MHz 604e, etc.) I didn't have the time when I was down there to do this when I was down there last time. It took quite awhile to get it running, and even longer to get it online. (lack of resources, and a "PC only" ISP) I'll come better prepared next time. As always, any input would be welcome, on list or off (unless this thing won't run on a PCI Mac, in which case it'd be OT, and please email off list) Thanks, J White Buy American S.O.S. Save Our Steel -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
