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Many thanks to Dan Darlingon, Tom Jones and Daniel Stripes for their response to my query on using a switchbox on the Amiga printer port. Basically I am switching between a printer and a handscanner (doesn't have a passthrough). I will not fear that the 8250 will blow up as I switch between them, thanks. My handscanner is usually left powered off so that when I switch, it's usually between a powered up device (printer) and the powered down handscanner. The reason why I leave it powered off is that when it is not selected, for some reason it automatically comes on by itself. This is not a function of the switchbox, since I can reproduce this be just plugging it in and not having it connected anywhere. Just curious if anyone who has experience with Golden Image handscanners would know why this is so. Again, thanks very much, John G. Ata Sterling, VA