From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] An old laptop
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:41:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020423174150.O13019@cackle.proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200204231037.LAA22649@cthulhu.dircon.co.uk>; from Digby Tarvin on Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:37:36AM +0100
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:37:36AM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote:
>
> Lucio De Re:
> > I don't like the PC parallel port, however, it seems to be quite
> > weakly supported all round. My limited electronic knowledge does
> > not explain why, for example, my WinNT box has so much trouble
> > printing (admittedly past an HP scanner) - it positively grinds to
> > a ver slow pace.
>
> Early PC hardware did leave a lot to be desired. Unfortunately the
> machien pre-dates PCMCIA interfaces, so my only options are serial
> or parallel, and I don't think serial was much better...
>
Serial is slower but better implemented, ever since the 16550s, the
devices all seem to have identical characteristics, I am not convinced
that applies to the parallel port.
All in all, wired PPP at 115.2 kbps may be OK.
> Sure - if I could work out how to program it, it could be useful for
> a whole range of old machines that have parallel ports but need a
> LAN interface. If you can point me at such an archive, that would
> be great.
>
I'll ask.
++L
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-23 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-22 9:30 [9fans] how large is plan9 sys? Quentin
2002-04-22 16:20 ` [9fans] An old laptop Digby Tarvin
2002-04-23 9:09 ` Don
2002-04-23 9:51 ` Digby Tarvin
2002-04-23 10:18 ` Lucio De Re
2002-04-23 10:37 ` Digby Tarvin
2002-04-23 15:41 ` Lucio De Re [this message]
2002-04-24 8:59 ` Don
2002-04-23 9:50 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-04-22 16:31 Russ Cox
2002-04-23 8:31 ` Digby Tarvin
2002-04-23 11:02 Richard Miller
2002-04-23 12:41 rob pike, esq.
2002-04-23 12:46 rob pike, esq.
2002-04-23 12:47 bwc
2002-04-23 12:53 ` Boyd Roberts
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