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Re: Help with parallel



On Wed, 14 Jun 1995, Ariel Hagai wrote:

> I have a linux-box (dx2) and an AT (it really is advanced technology!).
> They are connected via lpt1 and I use llpro if I need to.
> What I want to do is to have the old 286 as a terminal on the linux
> box via the parallel port. I guess I can do it with some getty versions
> but I dont know of a dos'ish comm prog that handles connections via
> parallel and I'm not sure about how to setup the getty prog.
pretty tricky on the 286's side... why not a comport?
or... buy a used 386, and boot a minilinux, only for telneting over the 
PLIP line :-)


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