Building M8027 hookup - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Dec 2005

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Subject: Building M8027 hookup
   From: "Wolfe, Julian " <ISC277 at CLCILLINOIS.EDU>
   Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:06:31 -0600
     To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"	<cctalk
at classiccmp.org>

OK, I'm trying to build myself a hookup for an M8027(LPV11) to run to my
distribution panel.

I've done some reading, and it is clear that this is a Centronics compatible
card, so I have the right one.

Does anyone know the pinout for this device?  I'm confused.  I know you can
use other printers with this card, and I'm just looking to do raw text to an
old Panasonic dot matrix printer - but I don't know what signal is what.

As usual, any help is appreciated.

TIA

Julian 
Find thee the schematic for LPV11 as that is the only document I know of
that says what pins on J1 are what. I did One years ago and that was
what I had to do back then.   Also there are jumpers that need to be correct
as that board would drive LP2x, LP05, and LA180 and LN01 printers 
(data products parallel). Correctly wired any of the Centronics parallel
printer equivilents used with the XT class stuff (even an HP4L) work well
with it.  It is otherwise trivial thing. 

If memory serves that LAV-11 had the same pinout of it's J1.

Allison