CompuServe Thread

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!