Subject: Re: NeXT Printer pinout
To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_OUFELLA?= <oufella@chez.com>
From: Ronald C.F.Antony <rcfa@cubiculum.com>
List: port-next68k
Date: 03/10/2003 14:00:57
On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 12:56 PM, J=E9r=F4me OUFELLA wrote:
> I'm looking for the NeXT laser printer cable (not port) pinout.
> I do own a turbo workstation and its printer, but no printer cable.=20
> Can I
> build one ?

As far as I'can think, it shouldn't be a problem. Since all=20
intelligence for
the printer resided under software control in the NeXT box, I can't=20
think of
a reason why NeXT would have done anything funky with the cable.
I'd assume it's just a straight through cable. But if someone has access
to a multi-meter, it should be fairly easy to measure this, i.e. if=20
there
are any connections that are not 1 to 1, 2 to 2, etc.
The only tricky thing might be the cable's impedance, such that the=20
printer
gets a clean control signal.

Ronald