RE: TI-H: A/B Switch
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RE: TI-H: A/B Switch
I picked up a card that adds 2 pports for $15 at a local computer store.
Sincerely,
Bruce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Greg Hill
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 4:13 PM
> To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: RE: TI-H: A/B Switch
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> On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Gregory Whitmore wrote:
>
> > Well, what I am using it for is to swap between my
> scanner/printer combo and
> > my quickcam. The scanner has a passthrough for the printer. The quickcam
> > won't work properly behind the passthrough since the scanner and the
> > quickcam both use the TWAIN32 interface. Shouldn't I be able to
> switch the
> > +5v line? So the device that receives the power from the port would be
> > working.
>
> There isn't a "+5v" line in most parallel ports (that I know of..). There
> are a number of output lines which can be set at 5v and used to provide
> power, and that's probably what Connectix did with the QuickCam. I think
> the best thing to do (short of a second parallel port) would be to get a
> switchbox that switches all 25 lines.
>
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> Greg Hill
> greg-hill@bigfoot.com
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