Re: "dumb" terminals and printers

["David Lowe" <dlowe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8 Oct 2001, at 9:31, Linda Anne Divan wrote:

>  My question is : can I hook up the dumb terminal to use the
> same printer that the other terminals are using? If so, what do I need
> to know in order to able to do that?

The Wyse uses serial printers; most PC printers are parallel.  One 
solution is to find a printer that has both parallel and serial 
connections.  We do this in one location.

You could also configure the Millennium PC for serial printing and 
let it share a printer with the Wyse through with a switchbox.  I 
have bad memories of mechanical switchboxes from those days 
long, long ago before we installed Ethernet. Perhaps electronic 
switches are better.


David Lowe
Computer Services Librarian
Bounds Law Library
University of Alabama

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