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From: bob@rush.cts.com (Bob Ames)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: NMI Parity Errors while Parallel Printing
Message-ID: <788@rush.cts.com>
Date: 18 Feb 89 19:39:48 GMT
Organization: NORML, Escondido Branch
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Anybody seen this?

We've got a 3B1 which panics with NMI parity errors after 2-10 lines
have printed through the parallel Port.

Starlan printing works fine.  We've tried other computers with this
printer/cable and they print OK.

I developed a theory that somehow the parallel port drains some power
and causes memory to forget.  I'll probably get 20 letters from people
telling me how silly this theory is.  |-)

Bob
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