17 Jan
2003
17 Jan
'03
2:02 a.m.
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Eric Smith wrote:
Sellam writes about the IBM System/23:
I don't doubt that it is something totally foreign to anything I have
experienced before. That being said, as long as there's documentation
somewhere, I should be able to decode it and use some sort of parallel
interface board, or my 6522 board, to capture the signals on my Apple ][,
process them, and then spit it out the serial port to a PC.
I think the real trick will be determining
whether or not this has a
serial port. If not, I'll have to look into sending it out the printer
port.
Don't count on the printer port having the same pinout as anything you've
ever seen before. I suppose there's a very small chance that it might
use the same connector and pinout as a PC, but more likely not. On the other hand, you should obviously ignore
anything I have to say
about a 5322, since yesterday I was completely wrong about what kind
of computer it is. (I was foolish to expect IBM to maintain anything
like a consistent numbering scheme.)
It was a reasonable guess ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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