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From: vax@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu (Vax)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Regarding cables with lpt [NetBSD-0.9] [386BSD-0.1]
Date: 26 Sep 1993 05:07:50 -0500
Organization: The University of Texas - Austin
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Here is the result of the continuity test for the lpt cable:
Male 25-pin Dshell			Female Centronics 50 "pin"
1-14						1-14
15						32
16						31
17						36
18						33
19,20,21,22,23,24				19,21,23,25,27,29
25						30

Symptoms:  printer not recognized on bootup under 386BSD-0.1 pk0.2.3
or NetBSD-0.9... printer IS recognized if a printer switch is used to
detach it during bootup.  Printer is a HP-LJ2, not a bottom-of-the-barrel
line printer.
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