25 Jul
2002
25 Jul
'02
8:33 p.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
Has anyone ever heard of a PaceMark Technologies
IIEasy Print card for the
Apple ][? You'd think it was some sort of printer interface with the
name. However, the edge connector simply has power leads, no data or
address. So this card cannot communicate with the Apple ][. I imagine it
must have been a daughterboard for some other card?
It has a copyright date of 1989 silk-screened on the board. It also has a
DB-25 connector tail on the rear.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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The II Easy Print system was a 256K or 512K (expandable to 2 Meg)
self-switching buffered box that connected SuperSerial cards from up to
5 IIe's to the same ImageWriter II printer, though I recall hearing you
could get up to 7 working connections with a little effort.
On the IIgs and the Mac, it used ports (PCs were also supported).
Made by PaceMark and available through various Apple hardware dealers of
the day. Cost about $600 IIRC, for 5 connections and 512K.
The card you have is a buffer for the box.
Mike
/mpm