On 10 Jan 1997, Paul M. Newhouse writes:

> Apparently, NetBSD does NOT support using lpt<n> for anything but
> printers.  If I had a more basic understanding of how the parallel
> port operated I might take a stab at writing a device driver for it.
> 
> Any pointers on the details of the parallel port operation?

See http://www.lvr.com/parport.htm for various FAQs, etc on this
subject.

Jonathan
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