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- From: wwalker@qualcomm.com (Bill Walker)
- Subject: Re: Deskwriter/LCII problem
- Message-ID: <wwalker-270193161646@bwalker.qualcomm.com>
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- References: <marshall-270193104159@hpsdr160.sdd.hp.com> <C1J889.C4G@vcd.hp.com>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:21:05 GMT
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- In article <C1J889.C4G@vcd.hp.com>, willa@vcd.hp.com (----- Will Allen
- -----) wrote:
- >
- > >it's directly connected to the Mac over a generic straight
- > >DIN-8 cable; I selected the serial driver icon with AppleTalk off;
- >
- > Three possible problems:
- > 1) Defective cable, see Marshall's previous post.
- >
- > 2) Modem cable. The effect is the same as (1), same treatment too.
- >
- > 3) Wrong port. Connect the cable to the modem (phone icon) port on the back of your
- > Mac, and make sure the modem port is selected when you choose the driver. The printer
- > port will work, but the modem port is the standard place to connect a printer, as the
- > printer port is the standard place to connect AppleTalk (don't ask me, ask Apple).
- >
- >
- > --
- >
- > . .Will
- >
- > Will Allen
- > HP Vancouver Division
- > willa@vcd.hp.com
-
- I would disagree with (3) above. I have a Deskwriter connected to the
- printer port of my PB160 (when it's on the desk), and it works just fine.
- Oddly enough, I actually have a modem connected to the modem port (not
- enough money to buy the internal modem yet, so I'm using an external modem
- I already had). I set it up this way so my wife wouldn't have to remember
- that the connections are "backwards" when she moves the PB.
-
- ----------
- Bill Walker - WWalker@qualcomm.com - QUALCOMM, Inc., San Diego, CA
- All opinions expressed are mine, and do not reflect those of my employer.
- "First thing we do, we kill all the lawyers." - Shakespeare
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