printers
ODELL, 70701,3624
Dear Sysop: I just bought a "cross-over" box so that my A2000 and IBM
bridgeboard could use both my ML192 and Okimate20 directly. I recently
bought a IBM compatible parallel/game/serial I/O board for the A2000. It
works perfectly (without the slowdown that I was warned against-Thexder works
very good with a joystick). The problem I have is this. The Amiga side does
not work for some reason. The box has four 25 pin RS232 CONNECTORS ON THE
BACK. IT IS NECESSARY TO CONNECT THE COMPUTER TO THE BOX USING MALE TO MALE
CABLES. THE COMPUTERS ARE CONNECTED TO A AND TO B. THE PRINTERS ARE
CONNECTED TO AA AND BB. THE A AND B ARE ON THE TOP ROW AND THE AA AND BB ARE
ON THE BOTTOM ROW. THE FRONT OF THE BOX SHOW TWO OPTIONS: A-AA AND A-BB ON
THE TOP ROW AND B-BB AND B-AA ON THE BOTTOM. IT APPEARS THT SWITCHING THE
KNOB TO A WILL ALL A-AA AND A-BB TO WORK; SWITCHING TO B WILL ALLOW B-BB AND
B-AA TO WORK. I AM WONDERING IF THE AMIGA SIDE WILL SUPPORT A CROSS OVER BOX.
IF I AM DOING SOMETHING WRONG PLEASE ADVISE ME. I CONFESS I HAVE NOT
UNPLUGGED THE THING TO SEE IF THE AMIGA PARALLEL PORT WORKS WITHOUT THE
CROSS-OVER BOX. I WILL DO THAT AS SOON AS I FINISH THIS REQUEST. PLEASE LET
ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU!