Re: LZ: Re: Wade Burch
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At 05:47 PM 1/8/94 -0800, you wrote:
>list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org wrote:
>>
>> WADE BURCH wrote:
>> >
>> > Wow, I just got Zshell! I love it. But, I do have a problem. I can't get
>> > my link to work. I had to use a friends to get zshell. I have attempted
>> > both a parallel and a serial link. The parallel link worked fine with
>> > Andreas Westfield's linktest, but when I tried to use link85xp, I kept
>> > getting a transmission error. I think it has something to do with my
>> > computer, though, because I was able to get it to work on a different
>> > computer. Does anyone know if my parallel port itself is causing the
>> > problem? I'm using an IBM 486-66. If anyone has a suggestion, please
tell me.
>> >
>> > Wade Burch
>> > burch@mobbs.com
>>
>> I made a parallel link and had a similar problem. The linktest worked
>> but I always got a transmission error (I was using my Pentium 166). I
>> tried it on my 486 and it worked. I read somewhere that it does not work
>> on Pentiums because the Parallel port is somehow different.
>> --
>> Erika
>> http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/erika/erika.html
>
>You need to have a bi-direction parallel port in order to use the
>parallel link.
>
>--Steve
>
>
I don't know if this applies to you Erika, but you may not have the
bi-directional parallel port turned on in your bios. This happened to me on
my P120, and it was simply the wrong mode selected for the port.
-- Scott Rein
srein@rain.org
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