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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.idt.net!enews.sgi.com!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!usenet From: Marco S Hyman <marc@dumbcat.codewright.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 22 Jan 1997 23:21:53 -0800 Organization: codewright Lines: 12 Message-ID: <x7g1zs26we.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5brtq9$c6d@news2.isdnet.net> <87iv4sns63.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> <m2915nyrxf.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <5c33j2$2vh@cynic.portal.ca> <slrn1a41t7b.qt.ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar> <5c5gcf$hr5$1@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <slrn4g7t60.36e.ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar> NNTP-Posting-Host: dumbcat.codewright.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:153713 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1974 ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar (Roberto Alsina) writes: > If Sparcs have PC-like parallel ports this could be feasible (I'm just > guessing). No sparc has IDE controllers so that could be difficult :) The sparc 5, for example, has a bi-directional parallel port. It is the connector just above the ethernet AUI connector with the // symbol. You'll need a special cable to use it. The device is /dev/bpp0 (Bi-directional Parallel Port). It's what my cheap cannon bubble jet is connected to. // marc