I could be wrong, but I thought at least one NetBSD port
	already had a PLIP driver (pc532?)

	I guess its just waiting for someone to make it MI :)

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On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Rob Deker wrote:

> 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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