AWINFHAH@HMARL5.BITNET (05/24/89)
This may be old news, but since I haven't seen the issue here for several months, I'll (re)start it. If you have a NEC P2200 printer connected to your ST *without* modification, **** DISCONNECT IT NOW **** The P2200 has 1k pull-up resistor on the Centronics port. This may eventually kill the sound chip in the ST. (1k pull-ups may cause up to 5mA of sink current, whereas the sound chip can only handle 1.6 mA.) I hacked a little buffering box into my printer cable to prevent the blow. It requires no external power (the P2200 supplies it) and works just fine for several monthr several months now. If you netl anders are interested, I can post more details. Roger Hunen University of Limburg Dept. of Computer Science Maastricht The Netherlands awinfhah@hmarl5.bitnet My opinions are my own, the consequences are entirely yours.