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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

990.0. "Can printer use Digiview adapter?" by MEMORY::BERKSON (What's that in the road - a head?) Sat Dec 19 1987 18:16

    Can the Digiview 1000->2000 adapter be used to adapt my printer
    to the new parallel port or do I have to rewire the printer cable.
    (Is there something in here about what wires would have to be
    changed?).
    
       mitch
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990.1DigiView adapter pinoutsDIXIE1::PERETBruce PeretThu Dec 31 1987 16:5525
    DigiView plugs directly into the A1000, and needs an adapter for
    the 500/2000 to make it look like a 1000.  I suppose you could just
    plug it in the other way around to make a 1000 look like a 500/2000.
    I don't have the adapter myself, the store was out of them, so I
    improvised my own adapter using the parallel port pinouts from the
    1000 and 500 manuals.  Turns out they moved three pins (with an end
    result of reversing +5V and GND), and changed the sex on the connecter
    (my 500 has female). 

    Here is the pinout I used to make up my own adapter, which works fine
    with DigiView (if you like to solder): 

    Amiga 500/2000 pin		DigiView (A1000) pin 

    1 thru 13			1 thru 13	(the same thing)
    14				23		(+5V)
    15				24		(No connection)
    16				25		(RESET)
    17 thru 25			14 thru 22	(Signal GNDs)

    You should be able to plug the DigiView end of the adapter into
    your A1000, and have a A2000 compatible pinout, which should work
    with your stock printer cable.  Hope this helps. 

    Bruce