RE: OT: where to get mio jetdirect cards for hp laserjet 4

["Phillip Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Might be good service but it's a crap ISP when you're email arrives two
days
late! *grin*

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 May 2001 22:59
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT: where to get mio jetdirect cards for hp
> laserjet 4
>
>
> Graham, I have a HP4 in the loft that I also acquired a couple of
> years ago
> gratis, as the company were throwing it out in the belief that it was
> faulty... (I don't know what the alleged fault was, or indeed if
> it really
> is faulty, as I put it in the loft about 3 years ago, and it has
> been there
> ever since!)
>
> I will have a look and see if it has one... (hang on, I'll check
now...)
>
> Minutes elapse.......
>
> Well, you're in luck mate, it has one in, which I guess I'd be willing
to
> slip your way in exchange for numerous pints of Grolsch....
>
> It's a Pacific Data Products Pacific DirectNet, and I just
> extracted it from
> a HP 4 Plus. It has BNC anf RJ45 Ethernet ports, (10-base-T only),
plus a
> little button to chuck out a status print, rather than having to
> go through
> the menu..
>
> I only have the bare card, no box, manual, or driver disks... but
> as it is
> presumably 100% HP JetDirect compatible, then any version of JetDirect
> should be able to manage it...
>
> I >was< planning to check out this printer to see if it really
> >is< faulty
> or not (and if so, whether it was an economical repair), as these are
> actually very nice little printers! - but to be honest, I suppose if I
> haven't got round to it for the past 3 years, I guess I'm probably
never
> going to!... (Plus if I >DO< ever get this printer operational,
I have a
> Jetdirect EX external print server I could put it on instead...)
>
> If you want it, I'll bring it along to the meet tomorrow...
>
> There, how's that for service!
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
> >From: "Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: "UKHA List \(E-mail\)" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [ukha_d] OT: where to get mio jetdirect cards for hp
laserjet 4
> >Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 17:13:31 +0100
> >
> >I have managed to acquire two of these prnters (well one is a 4
> the other a
> >4m plus) for nowt and want to put it on the network. I have
> connected one
> >to
> >a spare port on my stand alone print server, the other had a
> network card
> >in
> >it, but on closer inspection it is token ring (even though it has
rj45
> >socket). So I want to get an ethernet version, any ideas where I
> could get
> >hold of one at sensible price (I specifically want an internal
> card rather
> >than separate print server). It does not have to be 10/100, 10
would be
> >fine.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Graham
> >
>
>
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