egray@fthood.UUCP (11/23/87)
Hello netlanders .... I need to build a cable to hook up 2 computers to one parallel printer. I don't want a switch box... I'd like to have both computers hooked up at the same time (it won't be a problem to make sure that only one of them is printing at one time). Any suggestions, any ideas? Emmet P. Gray US Army, HQ III Corps & Fort Hood ...!ihnp4!uiucuxc!fthood!egray Attn: AFZF-DE-ENV Directorate of Engineering & Housing Environmental Management Office Fort Hood, TX 76544-5057
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (11/24/87)
It may not be a problem from a software standpoint, but it is from
a hardware standpoint. There's no way to guarantee that some lines
on the inactive machine won't have a signal asserted, so you have
to use a switch.
Mike Berger
Center for Advanced Study
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
{ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!bergerjec@nesac2.UUCP (John Carter ATLN SADM) (11/30/87)
In article <7000007@fthood>, egray@fthood.UUCP writes: > > I need to build a cable to hook up 2 computers to one parallel printer. > I don't want a switch box... I'd like to have both computers hooked > up at the same time (it won't be a problem to make sure that only one > of them is printing at one time). > Try B&B Electronics - they advertise in BYTE. They have lots of reasonably priced adapters/converters. I think they have a 2 computers to 1 printer adapter - and it handles the 'busy' signal -- USnail: John Carter, AT&T, Atlanta RWC, 3001 Cobb Parkway, Atlanta GA 30339 Video: ...ihnp4!cuea2!ltuxa!ll1!nesac2!jec Voice: 404+951-4642 (The above views are my very own. How dare you question them? :-)