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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Printer Cable Information Needed
Message-ID: <12739@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 15 Jun 90 03:11:37 GMT
References: <1990Jun12.031116.23271@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <705@hexagon.pkmab.se>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <705@hexagon.pkmab.se> frix@hexagon.pkmab.se (Fredrik Rothamel) writes:
> In article <1990Jun12.031116.23271@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> chaiklin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Seth Chaiklin) writes:
> >
> >I am a new owner of an Amiga 500.  I now want to get a printer.
>  However, I understand that the cable that
> >connects this printer to my IBM machine is not appropriate for
> >the Amiga.  
> 
> I'm using the IBM printer cable supplied with my printer, and that works 
> fine.
> Both IBM and Amiga uses standard Centronics ports, so there should NOT
> be any trouble at all.

To clarify - the A1000 required a special printer cable.  The A500, A2000
and A3000 are different from the A1000 and can use standard "IBM" printer
and modem cables.

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