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From: Daniel Dugour <anitime@xs4all.nl>
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Subject: Re: Dongle pass-through
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At 08:51 12-03-96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Elliot Bain wrote:
>
>> John Prusinski wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > (and apologies if this has been covered before, I'm still a newbie to the
>> > list...):
>> >
>> > I read in a review of LW 4.0 Intel (don't remember which mag) that
there was
>> > a problem with the dongle pass-through; now I'm experiencing it for myself!
>> > Is there a fix for this (updated driver, etc.)? If so, pls let me know,
>> > it's getting to be a major annoyance.
>> >
>>
>> Make sure that your parallel port is set to Normal in the bios setup. The
dongle
>> doesn't like the enhanced printer port settings.
>>
>Elliot,
>
> Are you saying that the LightWave PC pass-thru works? Have you
>tried it or is this just a suggestion? I have LightWave stand-alone for
>the Amiga and can tell you that the pass-thru does not work and that no
>one I know has gotten it to work. I haven't connected my printer to my
>LightWave PC dongle since, I didn't think it would work, and that I
>didn't want to take the chance on destroying my dongle. I would like to
>connect my printer if it causes no harm.
>
>Ralph Ocampo
>
>
Well John and Elliot,
On my PC it works fine. No problems whatsoever. (Dongle + Deskjet). And I am
working on a project now involving 4 computers with mixed configurations,
and still no problems with the dongles. I would advise you to try it and see
if it works, but follow the earlier advice of a normal parallel port setting.