Date: Sun, 25 Dec 1994 12:57:51 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Jeff Mitchell <skeezix@io.org> Cc: Robert Floyd <floyd@savant.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TCPIP over the Parallel Port Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.941225125613.17184C-100000@filter.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.941225114254.393A-100000@io.org>
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On Sun, 25 Dec 1994, Jeff Mitchell wrote: > On Sat, 24 Dec 1994, Robert Floyd wrote: > > > I work for Savant Software Inc. We write device drivers. We have > > parallel port drivers for OS/2 and DOS that make the parallel port a > > virtual network adapter. I would like to get the interface specs to > > to TCPIP Parallel so that we could connect a BSD box to an OS/2 box. > > Doesn't OS/2/Warp do this already? It has a SLIP(-for-newbies) > interface and software. The machine is pingable (although by default no > ftpd or telnetd or thelike is provided (or possible?)) Way I understand it, there is more than one implementation of TCPIP over parallel ports, and they're not intercompatible. I think he needs to get hold of Poul Henning-Kamp, didn't he write it? > > Jeff > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 7608 Topton St. | New Carrollton, MD 20784 | I run Journey2 (soon Freebsd 2.0) and (301) 459-2316 | n3lxx (FreeBSD 1.1.5.1) ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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