swilson@magg.net (swilson) wrote:
I was given a Tandy 1000SL computer with a 20meg hard card. When I try to >boot, it gives me an I/O error at port 378h, which I believe is the >printer port. If anyone can help with tech info it would be appreciated. >Sure, I could probably go out and buy another XT with a bigger hard drive >for less than $100 but that would take all the fun out of it. Plus I
would like to learn a bit more about it.
On most Tandy 1000's I've seen that error comes from having the
printer cable plugged in upside down on the back of the computer.
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Mike Fahy
mikefahy@third-wave.com
From Newsgroup: comp.sys.tandy
On Tuesday, May 14, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Mike Fahy wrote:
swilson@magg.net (swilson) wrote:
I was given a Tandy 1000SL computer with a 20meg hard card. When I try to >> >boot, it gives me an I/O error at port 378h, which I believe is the
printer port. If anyone can help with tech info it would be appreciated. >> >Sure, I could probably go out and buy another XT with a bigger hard drive >> >for less than $100 but that would take all the fun out of it. Plus I
would like to learn a bit more about it.
On most Tandy 1000's I've seen that error comes from having the
printer cable plugged in upside down on the back of the computer.
--
Mike Fahy
mikefahy@third-wave.com
What if the printer port is not use?
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