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Re: Help with parallel





On Wed, 14 Jun 1995, Ira Abramov wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jun 1995, Ariel Hagai wrote:
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> > 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 :-)

Why tricky? There is a PLIP packet driver from Crynwr, and it'll work 
just fine with NCSA telnet or KA9Q/NOS.

Gavrie.

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