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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 13:23:57 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc: phk@critter.dk.tfs.com, Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr,
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Subject: Re: Parallel port developpements - ppbus
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On Mon, Aug 18, 1997 at 10:52:34AM +0930, Michael Smith wrote:
> Greg Lehey stands accused of saying:
>>> Is it likely to work on a port that's open to shared use?
>>
>> Of course!  In fact, you can print and transfer data at the same time :-)
>
> Really?  From lp(4) :
>
>      Initially, the lpt device is active for printing and the network inter-
>      face is inactive; however, once the corresponding lp device has been con-
>      figured 'up' with ifconfig(8) printing is disabled until the network in-
>      terface is configured 'down'.

I didn't think that you were humour-impaired.

Greg