Subject: Re:[netatalk-admins] Personal LaserWriter II at Linux Box
From: David Kelly ([email protected])
Date: Fri Aug 01 1997 - 09:42:02 EDT
Sak Wathanasin <[email protected]> replies:
>
> Come to think of it, both the DIN-8 and D-25 ports are serial ports and so the
> printer can be connected to the Linux box's serial port as a serial (PS)
> printer. Then by running papd, the printer can be made visible to the Macs
NO! The DB25 connector is SCSI, it is NOT serial. It will have a disk icon
above it. The mini-8 will run async serial but when the output handshake
goes false the sender must stop within 2 characters. 16550 UARTs can not
do this if the FIFO is enabled.
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David Kelly N4HHE [email protected] (hm)
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