David and Jameel, If I understood this webpage ( http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/MiscInfo/Cables/Pinouts.... ) correctly, I need a straight DB25 to DB25 cable. Two if I am using a switchbox. I have a DB-25 switchbox, which I had forgotten about when I wrote my initial email. I'm not sure if it will work or not so having other options would be useful. It looks like the ImageWriter I needs the following pins connected: -----Original Message-----From: David Gesswein <djg@pdp8online.com>To: danjfitzgerald@comcast.netSubject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Anyone have an Apple Imagewriter I serial cable I can borrow?Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:31:01 -0400 I have some swithboxes around and can see if I can find what you needtomorrow. Do you need particular sex on the connector and do you know if you only need the normal serial pins connected or all 25? I have generic DB25 cables but if Apple needs special pinouts I wouldn'tahve that. On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 10:24:10PM -0400, Dan FitzGerald via vcf- midatlantic wrote:
I did a dumb and blew out a chip on the Imagewriter II that I was goingto use as part of my exhibit at VCF East this weekend. Luckily,somebody at work gave me her old Imagewriter I and Macintosh accessorykit yesterday! The problem is that while I need to be able to connectmy Mac to the printer, I *also* still need to connect my Apple II tothe printer.
Does anybody here have an Apple II (DB25) to Imagewriter I (DB25) cablethat I can borrow for the weekend? Bonus question: Does anybody have a DB25 switchbox that I can use toconnect _two_ computers to a single printer? Otherwise I am going togo along with my original plan of swapping the cables whenever somebodyneeds to print. Regards,Dan FitzGeraldThey/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger IMAGEWRITER I -- DB25 1 Frame Ground 2 Transmit Data (TXD) 3 Receive Data (RXD) 4 Request to Send (RTS) 7 Signal Ground (GND) 14 Fault 20 Data Terminal Ready (DTR)
Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger