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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: printer warning - hot connectors
Message-ID: <148600005@uiucuxc>
Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 16:18:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  7 16:18:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU!hamilton    Oct  7 15:18:00 1985


just got a call from my dealer warning me NOT to connect a printer
to my amiga.  of course, _I_ had read the manual, but apparently
another customer somewhere fried his printer with a garden variety
(ibm-standard?) cable.  so, in case you just skimmed that section,
note that the amiga exports some power supply (-5v, +5v, +12v?) thru
just about ALL the connectors.  if you're not up to making your own
cables, be CAREFUL about adapting what you have lying around; don't
just assume it's safe.

if anyone else near the U of Illinois is still looking for an amiga,
"computer resolutions" in champaign ("farm aid") il has ~4 left in
stock, with 30 more in the pipeline (ask for "larry").

	wayne hamilton
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