Get a new printer port that is "fast enough" for the scanner... What ever they
recommend...  Hook the Zip drive to the first printer port, and the printer to
the zip drive.  The only "bad" thing about this setup is, you have to be sure
the zip drive has the power on before you can print...     Rick Glazier

> I'm helping a friend set up a system. He has a P166 system running Win95.
> The problem is he has three things that require plugging into the parallel
> connector, and only one plug out the back. He has an HP 722C DeskJet
> printer, a Logitech sheet-fed scanner and an external Zip drive that
> attaches to the parallel port. I know the scanner has a pass-through that
> would allow the printer to get connected but that leaves the Zip drive. I've
> seen pictures of switchboxes but haven't had any experience with them. Could
> it be that simple to get a switchbox and hook the printer, scanner and zip
> drive to it and have it work. Only having one working at a time I don't
> think would be a problem. Or would we be better off looking for an ISA
> add-in card that would give us an additional parallel port?

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