From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 2 15:25:43 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id PAA18705 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 May 1995 15:25:43 -0700 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA18697 ; Tue, 2 May 1995 15:25:40 -0700 Received: (from phk@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id PAA09492; Tue, 2 May 1995 15:24:10 -0700 From: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-Id: <199505022224.PAA09492@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: looking for IP over printer port driver users To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 15:24:10 -0700 (PDT) Cc: nc@ai.net, current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9505022211.AA14225@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at May 2, 95 05:11:54 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 718 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Does anybody have a clue how to manufacture the needed cable? I would like > to play with this, but do not want to spend money on a cable that I can > build from parts in stock.. Look in src/sys/i386/isa/lpt.c it has a description. It's a standard Laplink cable. I actually needed a serial null modem cable, and chanced on a package at EggHead for $8, which had a parallel laplink in the same package. Then I went and made the tcp/ip on parallel stuff since I hated having a good high-quality cable and nothing to do with it... -- Poul-Henning Kamp -- TRW Financial Systems, Inc. 'All relevant people are pertinent' && 'All rude people are impertinent' => 'no rude people are relevant'