CompuServe Messages

Ben, As a matter of fact, I had the printer on a three/two-prong adapter for quite a while; Not for lack of a grounded outlet, but because NewTek (and others) recommend that only the computer should be grounded (the peripherals using the computer's ground) to avoid a "ground loop" phenomenon. I remember always pluging the printer in with the correct polarity, but that is memory and I suppose just one time backwards is enough to cause all this. More about the PAR-NET cable.. It's 35' ribbon cable, unshielded, running along the rug from the living room (which has the 'server') to the bedroom (with the little 'client' setup). This runs from the client's parallel port to the 'A' connector on the server's A/B switchbox. There is also the 3' full pass-thru ribbon (unshielded) cable connecting the server's parallel port to the switchbox. Everything seems to work with the switchbox – Digi-View, P.Sound, the printer and the net cable… For a while that is.