Hitachi SA200 User Manual

This section describes how to connect optional peripheral devices 
to your laptop. This section also provides you with an overview of 
your laptop’s ports.

The following sections provide you with information about your 
laptop’s serial and parallel ports.

For serial communications the SA200 has an RS-232 compatible 
serial port. You can connect serial devices such as a mouse, a serial 
printer, a plotter, a modem, or a graphics tablet to the serial port. 
The serial port is located at the rear of your laptop. To access this 
port, you need to open the panel door. Refer to Figure 3 on page 7.

Your SA200’s serial port uses a DB-9 type connector. Many serial 
devices are equipped with a DB-25 type connector. To plug a DB-
25 connector into your laptop’s DB-9 connector, you will need a 
serial 25-to-9 adapter.

You can connect a parallel output device such as a printer or the 
floppy disk drive when used externally to the parallel port. The 
parallel port is located at the rear of your laptop. Refer to Figure 3 
on page 7.

The SA200 supports three parallel port operation modes:

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Standard

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Bi-directional

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ECP (Extended)

In Standard mode, the parallel port allows data output only.

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