SCSI vs parallel ports and magic smoke (was Re: Old HP scanner)

Hehe, those darn Antarctic Postal System people not wanting to deliver just because their lungs freeze immediately. So in the interim what did you do to get the monitoring up int he event that you had no replacement? => -----Original Message----- => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks => Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:55 PM => To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => Subject: SCSI vs parallel ports and magic smoke (was Re: Old HP scanner) => => => => --- Tothwolf <tothwolf(a)concentric.net> wrote: => > Well, I've seen a few parallel ports that lost their magic => smoke after an => > external SCSI zip drive was plugged into them. I'd have to say it at => > least isn't safe to mix up parallel and scsi ports... => => We lost a parallel port dongle after an enthusiastic but careless PC => tech plugged it into a SCSI port. The dongled app displayed graphical => monitoring of our satellite comms station power generation and => consumption (wind and solar and diesel generation, battery voltage level => and current drain). Seeing as we were 10000 miles from the U.S. and => winter was approaching, it was important to secure a replacement! => => I hate the fact that Apple chose the DB25F for the SCSI port on => the Mac Plus. I'm not sure if they were the first, but they were => the ones to make it popular. => => -ethan => => => __________________________________________________ => Do You Yahoo!? => Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! => http://greetings.yahoo.com