Re: [WinMac] mini din 8 to db9 cable

Tom Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:36:10 -0500

Darron Spohn wrote:
> I used to work in the Peripherals Support Group at Apple, so I knew
> where to look. I think there is a way to make one of these cables. Try
> searching Apple's TIL for Peripheral 8 and pinout. If the article is
> still there it will give you the pin configuration of the Peripheral 8
> cable.

I'll have to search for that.

> The problem you are running into is that Apple never intended the PLW
> 320 to work with Windows. That's one reason it was so cheap (for its
> day). As the TIL article states, you must connect this printer to an
> Ethernet network and use a bridge to get it to work with Windows. If you
> connect it directly via a custom DIN 8 to DB 9 cable, it will expect a
> LocalTalk header for each print job. Windows will not do that.

That may be a problem. We've got an LaserWriter 4/600 in the office now
which is practically the same printer as the Personal LaserWriter 320
and it's got an Asante etherprint connecting it to the network. I then
setup a print queue for it on our NT Server that communicates with it
via AppleTalk. Works like a charm but like I said earlier, the
etherprint is $200. In this scenario, does the Asante etherprint
provide the LocalTalk header?

> I searched the TIL for a DIN 8 to DB 9 cable configuration but could not
> find anything.

I'll do that. In the meantime take at this page on the MacWindows web site.

http://www.macwindows.com/peertips.html#061199

It describes almost exactly what I want to do though it's with an older
LaserWriter and Win95.

Thanks again Darron!

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