jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca wrote:
>
> > Allison J Parent wrote:
>
> Big snip!
>
> > > Allison
> >
> > Especially from the experience of the AT&T (Olivetti) 6300 video
> > interface using what looked liked a standard DB-25, but with one
> > line carrying 70vdc to power the monitor. A guy with a standard
> > PC printer cable discovered the only way I ever heard of to kill
> > a Radio Shack Daisy Wheel Printer II (a tire iron wouldn't!). It
> > also killed the 6300, but at the time they were easier to find.
> > --
> > Ward Griffiths
> > Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
> > before they're allowed to be free?
> > WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
> > they'll never be free.
> >
> 70vdc in that thing!? Hee hee hee...I'm sure it burnt out one or 2
> buffer chip if the printer is decent enough but I'm assured that
> printer is hosed if it's recent made.
>
> I have no idea why some guys would need 70vdc for unless it is for
> color but that current draw is too much via 1pin?
That was the sole power to the monitor, there was no external power
cord for it.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 13:31:21 GMT