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Article #229Re: Parnet problems
From: MushyPea
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 19:31
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 19:31
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On Thu, 18 Apr 96 at 23:58:59, Ian Stonelake wrote: IS> MushyPea (MushyPea@etchq.demon.co.uk) wrote: IS> >First I run netpnet-server on one machine, and then on the other IS> >Then I mount the NET: device on both machines. IS> This maybe an obvious question but I presume you are running netpnet-server IS> with different unit numbers on each machine? ie netpnet-server UNIT 0 and IS> UNIT=1 in the mountlist entry and vice versa on the other machine. Yes, I've checked that several times. netpnet-server is run with the opposite unit number to the one in the mountlist. On both machines. IS> If it's still failing you must either have corrupt software or a faulty IS> parallel port. That's what I thought - although I have used ParNET from three different sources (two CD-ROMs and AmiNet download), and both machines print with no problems... Frankly, I'm baffled. And I've checked and re-checked the cable (with a multimeter) and all the appropriate pins are connected. Argh! Help! Ian. -- MushyPea/EtCetera (Ian Marsh) [680x0 coder, musician] ___MMM___ Email: MushyPea@etchq.demon.co.uk (EtCetera HQ) (O O) -WWW-: http://www.cus.umist.ac.uk/~mushypea/ ---oOO--(_)--OOo--- A1200-030 10Mb SCSI2 700MbHD 3xCD 28800Vfc PGPv2.6ui
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!mail2news.demon.co.uk!etchq.demon.co.uk From: MushyPea <MushyPea@etchq.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Parnet problems Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 19:31:57 GMT Message-ID: <9604191931.AA0037p@etchq.demon.co.uk> References: <9604172254.AA0036m@etchq.demon.co.uk> <9604182358.AA00000@uncanny.demon.co.uk> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: etchq.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: ADMaN 1.7 Copyright 1995 S.T.Brown X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!etchq.demon.co.uk