Oh, well, I guess they're a pretty standard peripheral.  You could pick
them up in most computer stores.

I'd estimate about $30-50 for one.

Chuck


On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Joshua E Hope wrote:

> Okay. Where does one pick up a serial to parallel converter? How much do
> they run for? I haven't really seen one, but then again I've never really
> looked...
> 
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> On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Charles Youse wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Joshua E Hope wrote:
> > 
> > > Yes, I believe it is a Centronics-36 plug. The printer came with a
> > > Centronics-36 to DB-25 cable. This is why I needed the gender changer and
> > > the modem DB-25 to Din 8 cable.
> > > 
> > > I can't answer the question wether or not it is a serial printer. 
> > 
> > There's your problem.  This is a parallel printer.  You need a
> > serial-to-parallel converter.
> > 
> > Chuck
> > 
> > 
> > 
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