--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 18:17 -0500 on 28/02/03, A.Tuazon wrote: > > >Ok so then which Vintage Mac would be best to run > this contraption? I think > >a topped up IIsi would suffice. > > I'm wondering what the best way to control the > apparatus is. Since Macs don't > have a parallel port, the first thing jumping out at > me is a National > Instruments card, which will require either an SE/30 > or a Mac with a full-size > NuBus slot (which the IIsi doesn't have).
There was the Hurdler II NuBus parallel port card. Full length NuBus cards fit a IIsi when used with the PDS to NuBus adapter and a half height hard drive. 'Course you'd have to write custom software for the Hurdler, if you can find one. Another possibility is a PowerPrint MacSerial to PC Parallel printer cable. That would require some reverse engineering of how their version of the cable works. I've heard of some other serial to parallel cables for Mac. Yet another item with potential is the SCSI to sorta parallel adaptor used to connect the first generation HP flatbed scanners to a Mac. The ScanJet and ScanJet Plus. ScanJet went up to 16 levels of grey, the Plus went up to 256 levels. Both were very fast scanners. For the PC, there were originally seperate ISA interface cards for each of the two ScanJet models. Later a run of interface cards were made to work with both models. I called the interface sorta parallel because it was based on the LPT standard but enhanced by HP to support the bi-directional data communication. I've seen these scanners from time to time on eBay with their Macintosh adaptors. The big problem is the software! To run the one I had (used on a 486 with WFWG3.11 and a mono inkjet as a photocopier) I had to download the software from the HP website in Korea. Fortunately the software was in English. ;) HP USA wanted $35 for the software! Really chaps my arse when a company, especially an American company, figures everyone _except_ Americans should be able to download their obsolete drivers for free! If they're going to provide it free, in English, to Korea, then by [EMAIL PROTECTED] it ought to be free for anyone who needs it. :P __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
