Subject: Re:[netatalk-admins] Personal LaserWriter II at Linux Box
From: David Kelly (dkelly@HiWAAY.net)
Date: Fri Aug 01 1997 - 09:42:02 EDT
Sak Wathanasin <sw@nan.co.uk> 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.
-- David Kelly N4HHE dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm) ====================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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