Apple Parallel Printer Interface Card Installation and Operating Manual

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APPLE II PARALLEL PRINTER INTERFACE CARD (A2B0002X) INSTALLATION AND OPERATING MANUAL

The Parallel Printer Interface Card allows the Apple II to produce hardcopy (printed) output on a wide variety of printers. This compact board not only provides a complete electronic link between the printer and the Apple II motherboard, but in addition it contains a powerful firmware package to handle:

• Interpretation of program commands for the printer,
• Compensation for varying printer line lengths,
• Special control characters peculiar to a given printer Using this built-in subroutine package, a user can easily control the printer from BASIC or the Monitor, to produce:
• Program listings
• Printed records and reports
• Debug listings and memory dumps

Manual No. A2L0004X

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
INTERFACING TO THE PRINTER
INSTALLING THE PRINTER CARD
PRINTER OPERATION
USING THE PRINTER CARD AS A GENERALPURPOSE, PARALLEL OUTPUT PORT
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
FIRMWARE DESCRIPTION

Platform: Apple II, II+, IIe 48Kb RAM

OS: Apple DOS

System Software (SS:)

Version:

Reference Number : 030-0005-01

Date Published : 1978

Manufacturer : Apple

Platform : Apple II

Format : Paperback

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH66122. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

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