Re: tlug: printer problems

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Jonathan Byrne wrote:

> (Somebody confirm this, but) I believe you can't use a
> printer made for an NEC PC98 machine with a standard
> computer, so be sure to get a DOS/V and Windows compatible
> printer.  They will all connect to a standard parallel port.

Well, you can hook a regular printer up to a PC98, but you need a special
cable.  I believe that even though the PC98 has a proprietary physical
port, it's still a parallel port, if you have the right cable :)

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