Are you trying to use the serial cable as a hot swappable one? It's not
supposed to be.
-Colin
> From: "Eric L. Strobel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:58:48 -0400
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
> Subject: [Duo2400] finicky minidock...
>
> Has anyone ever encountered a minidock where the serial port(s) were
> finicky?? I was just hooking up the 280c for my daughter to go to college
> with -- i.e., getting it all set up here at home just as it will be in the
> dorm so I can handle any last minute problems. Anyway, hook up the
> Stylewriter to the dock and on one of my minidocks, the machine hangs. With
> the other one, using the printer port, it complains that it can't make the
> connection. When I use the modem port on that minidock, it prints OK. And
> when it's not attached to the dock, the Stylewriter does fine directly to
> the 280c's serial port.
>
> While it is printing OK right now, that's sort of a shaky feeling, sending
> her off like that. (Of course, since she'll have ethernet to her room I'm
> hoping that she'll be able to print to a shared printer also...)
>
> So, do I have two bum minidocks, or is this something else?? (if they are
> bad, it just figures... When I got them I checked the floppy, SCSI, video,
> ADB and, of course, power ports. Since I didn't have the printer right in
> the room there, I just assumed that if all the other ports were fine, then
> the serial ports would be also...
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Eric.
>
>
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