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From: vax@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu (Vax)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: Epson LQ printer - Can it be done?
Date: 23 Sep 1993 19:42:34 -0500
Organization: The University of Texas - Austin
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References: <TONY.93Sep9182513@marge.apana.org.au> <1993Sep11.124630.22284@gmd.de> <279b1mINNjgb@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>
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In article <279b1mINNjgb@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>,
J Wunsch <j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> wrote:
>Holger, it's already the Nth posting of that kind from you.
>
>Please accept that this IS A BUG in *BSD, not in the cables. The bug has
>been introduced with pk 0.2.{3,4}. I can really exclude any other influences,
>since i've been working _all the time_ with my own (old) lp driver. The
I will confer, I have the same exact problem with an HP LJ-2. I use
a printer selection switch, set to off at bootup. What's worse, the bug
has propogated to NetBSD, after infecting 386BSD-pk0.2.3 ... so now
I have backwards compatible bugs :-)
Seriously, though, this isn't the end of the universe. I am willing
to entertain the notion the cable sucks. I have a HW flow
control problem with my modem, this may be a cabling problem as well.
I am going to shutdown tonight and check them out with the old continuity
tester... I will post my results immediately, offering this as a Bug
if all lines go through, and as a retraction if not. I bought both the
cables at Rat Snack, come to think of it - maybe they have lame cabling.
(Rat Snack == Radio Shack btw)
Although I would think that not even Rat Snack would sink that low....
PS RTS/CTS works fine under MS-DOS (telemate term program)...
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