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From: rusty@steelmill.cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Deskjet printer on an A1000
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Date: 26 Sep 90 21:42:29 GMT
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In article <1990Sep26.193230.5983@news.clarkson.edu> kaufmads@clutx.clarkson.edu writes:
   >My friend is about to buy an A1000 and he wants to know if the deskjet
   >printer he has hooked up to his IBM will work on the amiga.  Does he need 
   >a special cable.  Where can he get the printer drivers?

Tell your friend it does indeed work as I have one at home
(actually a DJ PLUS but electrically they are the same.) A
special cable, well... yes.  The main reasons are a different
sex DB-25 connector (from an IBM-PC) on the back of the A1000
for the parallel port and there are some wires that need to
be cut and one or two that need to be moved around.  I have a
wiring diagram if your friend is handy with making cables.
Else I'm sure a local store that handles Amiga can sell/cobble
one up for you.   If all else fails call Redmond Cable.

As for the printer drivers, AmigaDOS 1.3 comes with a DeskJet
driver.

	-Rusty-
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