-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Gale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no> Date: 22 August 1999 23:51 Subject: Re: Sam Printer
>> Has anybody hard wired their printer interface or is there a cable available >> to allow the interface to stand some way off ( couple of inches or so ) >> Will it work ok with a cable. ( I can make my own ) >> > >A *short* extender cable shouldn't be too problematic, but the euroconnectors >aren't exactly easy to connect to. I'd be tempted to move the whole thing >inside the SAM case - there aren't actually that many wires to add. The >printer interface only uses d0, d1, d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d7, /RD, /WR, >+5v, 0v (these can all be taken off of a spare disc drive slot) and >PRINTL which you will have to pick off the main pcb somewhere. Most >MGT devices drive a line called "BUSEN" or something when they are >accessed, but you don't need to worry about wiring this through (it >was for a buffered SAMBus which never materialised...) > >Andy > > > Thanks Andrew. On thinking about it, the signals travel through the Sambus so should be ok through a short extender cable. The euroconnectors can be soldered to a piece of veroboard and the cable taken off on either side of the board. ie piece of board 5 holes deep, remove the middle track and place the connector across it. Bob Wilkinson.
