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From: hitt@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Daniel Hitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: amiga 1000 problems with serial and parallel ports
Keywords: serial port, parallel port, kickstart
Message-ID: <1990May6.035033.6402@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 6 May 90 03:50:33 GMT
Sender: hitt@neon.stanford.edu
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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I bought a used amiga 1000 and have some problems with the serial and
parallel ports.

With the serial port, the computer doesn't seem to know how to use
it---i.e., when i try to use software which works on my amiga 500 to
run a modem, i get a software error message.  Could this problem be
due to an old version of the kickstart disk?  (I.e., does one need
a version 1.2 kickstart disk as opposed to a 1.1 version kickstart
disk?)

With the parallel port, when i tried to start the computer with the
printer hooked up, it wouldn't start (i.e., it wouldn't give me
the insert kickstart disk prompt).  After disconnecting the printer,
it was willing to start.  The printer works fine on my 500.

I'd appreciate any advice or pointers anybody might care to post or
e-mail to me.

dan