Mike Loewen wrote:
I don't
understand the line about the db25 monitor connector being
able to break a printer. Could you explain?
If memory serves, the monochrome monitor on the 6300 was powered from
15V on two pins on the DB25 female connector on the video card. Plugging
your parallel printer cable into the video card would do nasty things to
the printer.
Ah, I forgot that the monitor was female. Yes, a mistake like that
would most likely make a peripheral go poof.
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