CompuServe Messages

I was going to ask "how often do you use the printer & modem at the same time", but then realized you said FAXmodem. Without additional hardware, I've thought of using a switchbox for the serial port, allowing me to use either the modem or serial printer. I doubt a parallel switchbox would work, as the ParNET is an active device. If your computer has two parallel ports (via hack or expansion card), it might be possible to use one for the printer, and the other for the parnet. The old caveat is "you get what you pay for." With ParNET you get an almost free peer-to-peer network for free, except for the price of the standard parallel port. You might count the cable, but the instructions for building it are on the disk. Ron. – ap'ing with AP. (Eagles may fly, but weasles aren't sucked into jet engines.)