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Dear MushyPea...

I know the feeling!! Been there.

I have my A3000 and trust old A500 linked with parnet so I can access an A570 CD drive 
on the A500. I must have spent six months trying to find fault with the parnet cables 
and software setup.

In my case it was the CIA chips (8520) in both machines which were at fault.
These chips are used to control a variety of functions, including the parallel port
and they are notoriously easy to 'fry', particularly if you use a variety of 
periferals connected to the parallel port. (My VidiAmiga killed the CIAs when used 
with a port switching box- it was supposed to be a break before make switch!)
You may find that a printer connected to the port will work fine, but parnet will not.

They are available quite cheaply and replacing them is quite straightforward.

I hope this gives you an avenue to pursue (:>) 


MushyPea wrote:
> 
> Hiya, everybody,
> 
> I have an A1200 and an A500, and am trying to link them via parnet.
> I've installed, and re-installed the parnet software several times, I've
> checked and double-checked the cable several times - hey, I've even read the
> documentation! ;)  But, it still doesn't work. :(

> 
> Help!  Any ideas?

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