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KeithsTV · 9th Nov 2018, 7:50 pm

The software for driving the serial/parallel interface was included as standard in the PCW. You just fit the interface to the connector on the back and the interface is functional. There was an article in Practical Electronics in the mid 80s on building an interface which was actually written by one of my university colleagues.

I had a PCW8256 with extra RAM to take it to 512k, an external RAM pack and the serial/parallel interface and a 3½" B drive. The supplied dot matrix printer was noisy and slow so I added a Canon BJ10 inkjet printer which connected to the parallel connector. I also had the Locolink interface and software. I can't remember where the Locolink interface plugged in but it may have been the connector where the serial/parallel interface connected to.

Keith

9th Nov 2018, 7:50 pm	#12
KeithsTV Nonode Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2,573	Re: Can anyone read the old CF2 discs ? The software for driving the serial/parallel interface was included as standard in the PCW. You just fit the interface to the connector on the back and the interface is functional. There was an article in Practical Electronics in the mid 80s on building an interface which was actually written by one of my university colleagues. I had a PCW8256 with extra RAM to take it to 512k, an external RAM pack and the serial/parallel interface and a 3½" B drive. The supplied dot matrix printer was noisy and slow so I added a Canon BJ10 inkjet printer which connected to the parallel connector. I also had the Locolink interface and software. I can't remember where the Locolink interface plugged in but it may have been the connector where the serial/parallel interface connected to. Keith