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From: raz@sleeper.apana.org.au (Roland Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: reading from parallel port
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 02:56:45 GMT
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Organization: Desolation Road Railfan BBS
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bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) writes:
>Folks,
>I just read through one of those terrible x86 magazines. Somebody advertized
>their LPT port ethernet[TM] adapter.
>While I believe that the idea of driving the ethernet through a slow LPT
>port is not really fascinating, I sort of like the idea of using the
>parallel port for "serious work". This would require reading from the
>port, though.
There is another application where this would be EXTREMELY useful. Those
who are running 386bsd on a notebook and wish to use (for instance) a Xircom
or similar network adaptor (similar I imagine to what you were reading about)
will find that this is essential. Unfortunately implementing this is a little
over my head at present :-)
>Now, the obvious questions:
>How do I work out whether my hardware is up to doing that kind of thing ?
Find someone with LapLink (or FastLynx or similar) and a parallel cable. If
it will transfer files, your hardware is OK.
--
Bye for now.
- Raz.
raz@sleeper.apana.org.au (Roland Turner) (OH) 61 2 319 5700