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From: lunde@cs.tu-berlin.de (Lars Grupe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Need a 386BSD or NetBSD binary kernel with lpt driver
Date: 9 May 1993 02:32:26 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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jstern@aris.ss.uci.edu (Jeff Stern) writes:


>Subject line says it.  Would someone be so nice as to let me know of a
>site where I could obtain one with the int-less prtr driver, or send
>me e/mail to make arrangements?  I need to print.  (Actually, it would
>be nice if the interruptless printer driver were automatically
>included in the main distribution, since we're not on Vaxen or Suns
>and the whole point is to support 386's, which are going to more than
>likely have lpt ports and non-Postscript printers on them anyway when
>people switch over from MS-DOS).

>Also, it would be nice to have one with a second hard drive supported
>automatically, too, so that when I get a second ESDI, I can just hook it
>up and reboot.

>(BTW this is unrelated, but I cannot get my date to set right. Is this
>REALLY something that has to be compiled in? Or is there just a time-
>zone file somewhere? I've wondered this for months...)

>Thanks to any/all who respond.
>Jeff Stern <jstern@aris.ss.uci.edu>
>"Timex Sinclair UNIX.. coming soon to a dealer near you."

Speaking of a parallel line printer....
How would I configure/use any lpt device? It is not in the standard
installation, is it? 


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 Lars Grupe UID lunde                                  <lunde@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 Technische Universitaet Berlin
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