Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!sterling
From: sterling@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Sterling QA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: digi-view for the 2000
Message-ID: <2923@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 87 19:53:04 GMT
References: <2158@ihwpt.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: sterling@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Sterling QA)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 30
Keywords: how to connect

In article <2158@ihwpt.ATT.COM> bad@ihwpt.ATT.COM (bill dwyer) writes:
> 
> I recently obtained an Amiga 2000 and one of the first items I bought for it was Digi
> View. However, when I got it the other night it said to just connect Digi-View to 
> the parallel port which is a female connector just as Digi-View's. I had a male to 
> male cable laying around and so I tried it, but I kept getting a Video source not
> present error. I'm sure that someone out there in netland must have gotten 
> Digi-View to work on the 2000 so could you please help me. Is something other than
> a male-to-male connector needed? Is it possible that the length of the cord was 
> long enough that Digi-View couldn't handle it? Or are there other changes to be
> made or is a new version of Digi-View out. I may have missed this topic since
> I had not been a regular reader, but if someone could please email me the solution
> I would be very appreciative. Please email also cause our net feed seems to be
> somewhat flaky at the moment. Thanks for any help.
> 
>        Bill Dwyer
>      ihnp4!ihwpt!bad
>  AT&T Bell Laboratories
>       (312)979-6705


 Contact NewTek at 913-354-1146 for information on an adapter for the A2000...
 I've been using one here for several weeks and it works fine.

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