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> >Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 18:12:56 -0400 >From: Vic Gonzalez <vicgonzlez@interserf.net> >To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu >Subject: 701C parallel port pass thru devices >Message-Id: <199607132212.SAA07717@ns.interserf.net> > >Hi folks - > Has anyone had any luck getting parallel port pass thru devices working >with the 701C. I'm trying to use my thinkpad (running WIN 3.1) with the >multiport II port replicator and an Easyphoto parallel port scanner. My >printer will still work but it won't recognize the scanner. I had a similar >problem when I was trying to use a parallel port CD-ROM. I finally gave up. >I'm getting ready to take this back too. :( > > Does anyone have any success stories and maybe some tips or pointers on >how to get these kind of devices to work on the 701s? > > Thanks for any help or insight. >-Vic It's been a long time but I have managed to get a parallel port tape backup and a parallel port scanner to work with the 701. I did have some problems and I think they had to do with an IRQ conflict. I think that the sound card, by default, has the same IRQ setting as the parallel port. Try disabling _everything_ including the trackpoint. Once you get it to work that way, start re-enabling things until it stops working. Then, you know what the problem is. Good luck, JP