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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5381 comp.os.386bsd.development:1252 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!sylvester.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail 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 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <283plm$igg@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sylvester.cc.utexas.edu 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. -- Protect our endangered bandwidth - reply by email. NO BIG SIGS! VaX#n8 vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu - Don't blame me if the finger daemon is down