Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:38:07 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@freeway.dcfinc.com> To: derek@hcl.com (Dj Browne) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D-Link DE620 Message-ID: <199811162238.PAA18570@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <199811162141.QAA24188@mailhub.hcl.com> from Dj Browne at "Nov 16, 98 04:44:54 pm"
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As I recall, Dj Browne wrote:
>
> The LapLink cable method was a consideration at one point but it really
> defeats the purpose of having a portable. I would have to have another
> machine that would be using TCP/IP on the parallel port (basically another
> BSD machine) that I presently do not have at all the locations I bring the
> laptop to.
Or, write the driver... :-)
> Just curious...any idea how the performance is using the parallel port?
Pretty good. I thought it would be poor, given that only 4 bit per buss
state get transferred. But the parallel port can cycle pretty fast.
Quoting from /usr/src/sys/i386/isa/lpt.c
* Expect transfer-rates up to 75 kbyte/sec.
*
* Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>
-crl
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