2021-05-03 IBM Daisywheel Current Loop To IBM Serial Adapters

Bill Sherman

What’s the current loop sender do? Convert RS-232 to current loop?

I had to connect up the old IBM-XTs and ATs to the IBM daisywheel printers from Displaywriters. The XTs and ATs with ISA bus had a serial adapter card that supported current loop on the normally unused pins of the bottom row of the DB-25 connector. So I could make custom cables for that printer.

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