Apple III Serial Port: Cable pinouts for NEC printers

Apple III Serial Port: Cable pinouts for NEC printers

These pinouts are for the NEC 5510/7710, 5515/7715, 5520/7720, and 5525/7725.
 
  Apple III Serial Port            Cable       Printer Connector
 
Frame Ground ............(FG)...... 1  <----->  1.....(FG)
Transmit Data            (Tx) ..... 2  <----->  3.....(Rx)
Receive Data             (Rx) ..... 3
Request to send          (RTS) .... 4  <----->  5.....(CTS)
Clear To Send            (CTS) .... 5
Data Set Ready           (DSR) .... 6  <----->  19....(SCTS)
Signal Ground ...........(SG)...... 7  <----->  7.....(SG)
Data Carrier Detect      (DCD) .... 8
Secondary Clear To Send  (SCTS) ... 19
Data Terminal Ready      (DTR) .... 20 <----->  6 & 8.(DSR) & (DCD)
 
NOTE: Printer dip switches need to be set as shown;
 
   SW1    1 - OPEN
          2 - CLOSED
          3 - OPEN
          4 - OPEN
          5 - CLOSED
          6 - OPEN
          7 - CLOSED
          8 - OPEN


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