Karl Baron2d ago

Could this be the first battery-powered, fully-wireless ImageWriter II in history? Well, it might at least be the first one on #GlobalTalk!

Just in time for the end of #MARCHintosh, a cheap Farallon AirDock showed up on Yahoo Auctions, and since I already had one, I had to try this stunt - adding an IRTalk node to GlobalTalk.

It is currently live on GlobalTalk if you want to try it, I'll probably leave it up until either the battery runs out or I deem it too much of a tripping hazard.

#mb

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It looks like Farallon later marketed a “AirDock Printer Adapter" which is just the exact same device but shipped with a 5V DC adapter instead of the ADB->DC cable, and they even sold the AC/DC adapter as an "upgrade kit”. They don't list the ImageWriter II on their compatibility list though... https://web.archive.org/web/19980524081602/http://www.farallon.com/product/infrared/airdockprint.html
Farallon AirDock Printer Adapter for PowerBooks

AirDock Printer Adapter for PowerBooks

Mar 25 at 11:45amWeb