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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!homer.cs.mcgill.ca!feinmann From: feinmann@cs.mcgill.ca (Richard JHANG) Subject: Re: What are modes for lpt[12] Message-ID: <C3Bst7.7Iy@cs.mcgill.ca> Sender: news@cs.mcgill.ca (Netnews Administrator) Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada References: <1993Feb27.025824.21497@wubios.wustl.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 18:31:54 GMT Lines: 29 In article <1993Feb27.025824.21497@wubios.wustl.edu> david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes: >Hello. I am using 386BSD, and am trying to get my printer to work. >Can anyone tell me what are the major and minor modes for lpt1 and >lpt2? Also, please tell me where this is documented. Thanks, >-David- > >david@wubios.wustl.edu Hello. I am using an interruptless-lpt-kit which seems quite fast and nice to me. It includes filters that you would need for HP laserjets, too. All fairly well documented. It can be found at: agate.berkeley.edu (anonymous ftp) ftp> pwd 257 "/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial/drivers/lpt" is current directory. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. total 25 -rw-r--r-- 1 6058 0 19578 Feb 27 17:21 interruptless-lpt-kit.shar -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp 0 4625 Aug 5 1992 lpt-patch.haug 226 Transfer complete. ftp> Bye! Richard