hb136@leah.albany.edu (Herb Brown) (12/23/90)
We were given an HP LazerJet serial printer and would like to use
it (once in a while) from the bridgeboard side. The manual is clear
on using a parallel printer, but does not mention what to do in the
case of a serial printer. Can someone shed some light? Many thanks,
Herb
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (12/28/90)
In article <1990Dec22.193818.7731@sarah.albany.edu> hb136@leah.albany.edu (Herb Brown) writes: >We were given an HP LazerJet serial printer and would like to use >it (once in a while) from the bridgeboard side. The manual is clear >on using a parallel printer, but does not mention what to do in the >case of a serial printer. Can someone shed some light? Many thanks, Simply put, the bridgeboard can't access the serial interface circuitry of the Amiga side. So you will have to purchase a serial board to plug into one of the PC slots. Please notice one limitation: DO NOT USE COM2! The I/O addresses and interrupts for COM2 are used for the Bridgeboard/Amiga commucincation. Those interface boards are VERY cheap today, btw. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs) (12/30/90)
In article <672@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes: >Simply put, the bridgeboard can't access the serial interface >circuitry of the Amiga side. So you will have to purchase a >serial board to plug into one of the PC slots. Please notice >one limitation: DO NOT USE COM2! The I/O addresses and interrupts >for COM2 are used for the Bridgeboard/Amiga commucincation. >Those interface boards are VERY cheap today, btw. That's interesting - I got a 2 serial + 1 parallel port board for my A2286 and successfully tested COM1:, COM2:, and LPT2: (I use the Amiga's serial port for LPT1:). Maybe I'm just lucky. Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP Intel put the "backward" in "backward compatibility."