Re: HP IL to Serial Converter Message #2 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 19 Apr 2002, 12:23 p.m., in response to message #1 by John Kercheval
Unlike the HP-IL to HP-IB interface which allows the controller to be on either side of the interface, the serial to HP-IL interface works only one way. So you need a controller on the HP-IL side to drive the loop.
So by adding a computer on the IL side (e.g. HP-71B) you may be able to drive the IL printer by tranferring data from the 48GX to the 71B and then on to the IL printer.
You may be able to do the same with cassette drive files, but it will need lots of code on the 71B.
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