ghb@ecsvax.UUCP (04/18/84)
If you have tried to use a T-switch to link a
couple of PC's with a parallel printer and had
problems, you might be using the wrong T-switch. It
seems that most of the boxes out there strap pin #1
(protective ground) common to all the connected
devices. This doesn't work with the PC parallel
configuratioon which uses pin #1 for Data Strobe and
pin #25 as the ground.
Now BLACK BOX Corp. has a series of three T-switch
boxes that have been built for the PC parallel port.
There is a 2 to 1 box ($104), a 4 to 1 box ($169), and
a cross-over box ($159).
Their address:
BLACK BOX Corp.
P.O.Box 12800
Pittsburgh, PA 15241-9980
412/746-5500
As is usually mentioned at the end of these blurbs: I
don't work for BLACK BOX and do not own any of their
stock. I have been very satisfied with their
delivery response time and after-sales support.
George Brett ...decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!ghb
NCECS POB 12035 RTP NC 27709 (919)549-0671