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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5400 comp.os.386bsd.development:1255 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!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: Re: Regarding cables with lpt [NetBSD-0.9] [386BSD-0.1] Date: 26 Sep 1993 14:07:52 -0500 Organization: The University of Texas - Austin Lines: 28 Message-ID: <284pa8$kio@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> References: <283plm$igg@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> <1993Sep26.163628.25349@gmd.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: sylvester.cc.utexas.edu In article <1993Sep26.163628.25349@gmd.de>, Holger Veit <veit@borneo.gmd.de> wrote: >The following is my cable. >male 25pin 36 pin Centronics (did you really have a 50 pin? > this could be a SCSI then? I doubt so) Oops, you are right, it was only a 36 pin. I got used to saying 50. >1-14 1-14 >15 32 >17 36 >18-25 19-24 all tied together Really? All tied together? Are you sure that is right? > >What is interesting is that pin 16 (D-Shell conn) is unconnected here. >This is (according to IBM tech ref manual) the "init" line >(from computer to printer) that sends a reset (low pulse 50 ms). Wait. You just said your cable was made to specs, and now you are saying it is not? I do not understand. >I actually opened my cable just now to verify this is true - it is! >And I remember, when I had problems (but reboot, not deselect) >that this line was connected; was solder at the pin. Are you suggesting that I should disconnect line 16? I do not understand what you mean. -- 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