Re: [PARPORT] Zip 250 under Linux 2.2


grant@torque.net
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:48:04 -0500 (EST)


>
> On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Richard Lewin wrote:
>
> > Also how will it affect the parallel port when I want to print from
> > it? I read somewhere that you could use the parallel port for more
> > than one thing but could only have one driver loaded at a time. Does
> > anyone have any experience with using this drive under Linux?
>
> You can have different parallel port device drivers loaded at the same
> time, and they will probably work. For instance, I can print at the same
> time as using my Zip drive.

As long as you are running a 2.1 or 2.2 kernel ;-)

> As for the Zip 250, I don't know.

According to Kyle's mini-HOWTO, the 250 works with the imm driver.

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