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From: johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Does my machine need repair?
Summary: Is my parallel port zapped?
Keywords: Digiview Gold, 2000, parallel port
Message-ID: <25645@spudge.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 90 20:48:47 GMT
Reply-To: johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch)
Organization: Friends of Guru Bob
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A few months ago I tried to plug a printer cable (with an Apple Imagewriter
on the other end) into my Amiga 2000.  I did it with the machine on because I
unplug/plug stuff from/to my serial and parallel ports on my PC/AT clones at
work all the time without problems.  With the Amiga this is apparently not a
good idea.  I saw a 1/4" long spark between the cable and connector and then
the machine rebooted.

However, I was still able to print to my CGP-220 printer and capture sound
using a friend's Perfect Sound audio digitizer.  I figured it was OK.  Until
last night, when my new DigiView (which works fine on a friend's 2000)
refuses to digitize ANYTHING on mine.  If I try to get a histogram it shows
NO samples at all.  If I try to digitize it HANGS MY MACHINE!  I checked the
signal being fed to it from my color splitter and it appeared to be a perfectly
normal grayscale picture.

My question:
	Is it possible for me to have damaged my parallel port in such a
	way that DigiView will not work but still be able to print and
	digitize using Perfect Sound?

John Munsch