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Re:Why do printers still suck? by bartread on Thursday November 05, 2020 @10:38AM (#24999135)
I was trying to remember if it had been a false memory of mine that that had been possible with Lotus 2, but thanks for confirming that it's not. Never managed it but would have been awesome. Actually pretty tempted to pick up another Amiga just so I can do this. I assume it would still work with a null modem cable between an A500 and an A1200.
Re:Why do printers still suck? by newforms on Thursday November 05, 2020 @10:53AM (#24999271)
No sure on Lotus or the amiga, but a null modem cable simply crosses the rx and tx between the two systems (so rx on one device goes to tx on the other and vice versa). Same principle of how a crossover ethernet cable was always used to back to back, for example, two machine nic's or two ethernet switches before auto MDIX.