29 Aug
2007
29 Aug
'07
1:51 p.m.
> The usual problem is getting the right cable to
connect it to the SERIAL
> port of the computer. Joe Campbell's "The RS232 Solution" will teach
you
> what you need to know to make the cable.
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I'd wager at first approximation, the usual
difficulty is hardware
handshaking, or lack thereof.
of course. But, considering the lack of information that the OP provided,
I figured it might be best to explain THAT as "you'll need a special
cable"
I've seen people toast parallel port dongles by
stuffing them onto a
I've seen serial printers get plugged into parallel ports on PCs.
I've even had untrained lab staff ask for gender changers, in order to be
able to use "those other ports" (DB25M) for parralel printers!
Indeed, though it _might_ be possible to get a
USB-RS232 dongle to
work, if you can get the plotter to function with various hardware
handshake lines shorted or tied together.
I am NOT going to attempt to talk a newbie through THAT!
Once the
cabling is done, then you can start your descent into Driver
Hell, looking for an appropriate driver for it.
I don't ever remember seeing
OS-level _plotter_ drivers.