On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Paul M. Newhouse wrote:

You may want to take a look at the Linux sources, I believe it does PLIP.
FreeBSD might also, but I don't remember...

rob

> 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?
> I know it's, "really simple stuff" but, all I've ever done with a
> parallel port is jam a printer cable on it and forgotten about it.
> 

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