Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:18:37 -0400 From: "Drew Derbyshire" <ahd@kew.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: parallel port links Message-ID: <008701c20336$472d8cc0$e603010a@int.meetingmaker.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0083_01C20314.BFB71070 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit How fast does the Parallel port IP transfer data? How much CPU does it use when idle? (The manual pages are vague, reporting the driver is a pig when handshaking and waiting for data.) Large amounts of data will be moved, including dumping a 9G disk a couple of times a week. Target machines are a pair of Dell GX1 PII 350's, both running FreeBSD 4.4. I specifically only need these two machines on this point-to-point link, I've got this extra parallel cable, I've got these free parallel ports ... but no need to be pennywise and pound foolish. I can throw a pair of 10/100 cards in the two machines with a cross over cable if it will be that much faster. -ahd- -- Drew Derbyshire Internet: ahd+mm@kew.com Telephone: 781-279-9812 Cell: 781-771-5981 ------=_NextPart_000_0083_01C20314.BFB71070 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4915.500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2>How fast does the = Parallel port IP=20 transfer data? How much CPU does it use when idle? (The = manual pages=20 are vague, reporting the driver is a pig when handshaking and waiting = for=20 data.) Large amounts of data will be moved, including = dumping a 9G=20 disk<FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2></FONT> a couple of times = a=20 week.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2>Target machines are a = pair of Dell=20 GX1 PII 350's, both running FreeBSD 4.4.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2>I specifically only need = these two=20 machines on this point-to-point link, I've got this extra parallel = cable, I've=20 got these free parallel ports ... but no need to be pennywise and pound=20 foolish. I can throw a pair of 10/100 cards in the two = machines with=20 a cross over cable if it will be that much faster.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2>-ahd-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>-- <BR>Drew Derbyshire <PRE>Internet: <A = href=3D"mailto:ahd+mm@kew.com">ahd+mm@kew.com</A> Telephone: 781-279-9812 Cell: 781-771-5981 </PRE></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0083_01C20314.BFB71070-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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