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From: logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet Plus and the Atari ST
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Date: 22 Mar 90 05:19:43 GMT
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In article <4275@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> rcd@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (rana.c.dutt) writes:
>Now, what was the conclusion to problem 1)? Is it true that if the DJ Plus
>is directly connected to the ST parallel port, damage can be done to the 
>port? Thanks for any replies, and I'm sorry if this has come up before.

I measured the voltage levels on the data lines cause by the 2000 ohm
pull-up resistors in the HP DeskJet Plus.  The low levels were under
3/10ths of a volt, well within the 8/10ths of a volt maximum-allowable
standard TTL low level.  (There is no maximum-allowable high voltage beyond
the supply voltage of 5 volts to worry about -- the pull-up resistors will
never pull it over 5 volts unless they decide to become electrical generators
-- which would be bigger news than cold fusion!)

Now, in my line of work, I've had logic outputs shorted to power, to ground,
to each other, for days on end with constant power applied (and some of the
chips got damn hot) but I've never burnt one out on that account!

In this situation we are talking power differences LESS than 1/1000 of a watt.

Logic outputs are designed to take a beating -- temporary shorts etc.  They are
designed to meet specs at rate levels of voltage under varying power supply
conditions and extremes of temperature.

If you don't get my gist yet, THERE IS NO PROBLEM with the data lines.

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