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   thewoodguy2@gmail.com to Mike Fahy   
   Re: 1000sl printer port I/O error   
   29 Mar 16 14:43:34   
   
   On Tuesday, May 14, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Mike Fahy wrote:   
   > swilson@magg.net (swilson) wrote:   
   >   
   > >I was given a Tandy 1000SL computer with a 20meg hard card. When I try to   
   > >boot, it gives me an I/O error at port 378h, which I believe is the   
   > >printer port. If anyone can help with tech info it would be appreciated.   
   > >Sure, I could probably go out and buy another XT with a bigger hard drive   
   > >for less than $100 but that would take all the fun out of it. Plus I   
   > >would like to learn a bit more about it.   
   >   
   > On most Tandy 1000's I've seen that error comes from having the   
   > printer cable plugged in upside down on the back of the computer.   
   > --   
   > Mike Fahy   
   > mikefahy@third-wave.com   
      
   What if the printer port is not use?   
      
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