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Subject: Re: Hooking up an HP Laser Printerto an Altos 86
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 12:17:12 EST
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> ... I have been volunteered to go to a friend;'s office and take their
> HP laser printer off of their Commodore 64 (I'm not kidding) and put it on
> their Altos. ...
> 
> Does anyone have any hints or a known strangeness I should watch out for?

The Altos does not respond to XON/XOFF fast enough when it is transferring
data at high baud rates.  If you can get the printer to raise DTR when
it is ready to accept characters and drop DTR when it is busy, you
should have no problems.

					Andy Behrens

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