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From: wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Panasonic--Packard Bell incompatibility
Summary: It's the PB I/O card, use different card
Keywords: PB900, KXP 1124 printer, Parallel Port
Message-ID: <8817@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 30 Jul 89 19:54:36 GMT
References: <18910@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu>
Reply-To: wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul)
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Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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In article <18910@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu> slimick@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (John C Slimick) writes:
 >I am having difficulties in getting a Packard Bell 900
 >(12 Meg PC AT clone) to communicate with a Panasonic
 >KXP 1124 printer. The PB900 works well with a Star NX10
 >printer and the 1124 works well on our XT clones.
 >
 >Packard Bell is aware of this problem, but (of course) they
 >say the problem is Panasonic's. Being uninterested in finger-pointing
 >exercises, I ask for assistance. If you can help, please
 >send e-mail to:
 
We ran into the same problem, but only with the latest PB I/O card,
which is different from the one described in their PB900 manual.

We solved the problem by simply swapping the PB I/O card for
a SUNTEC (SIIG) card; our dealer (SoftWarehouse Dallas) made that
swap at no charge.

BTW, the older PB card (the one described in the PB900 manual) works
just fine with the 1124.

Wolf
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