CompUTILIZE Services (computilize@pobox.com)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:15:40 -0600
I suspect I'm too much of a newbie to even attempt upgrading
my kernel, whereas parallel ports are quite inexpensive ... so I
guess I'll just go buy a multi i/o card or sumthin. :-)
Thanks for the help!
Bev
On 12 Apr 99, at 8:42, grant@torque.net wrote:
> > If I understand correctly, I can use parport to "daisy chain"
> > devices on the parallel port. Does this mean I can use my
> > printer which is plugged into the back of the CDrom?
>
> In principle, yes.
>
> BUT, parport is a 2.2 feature and is not available in 2.0 kernels
> (such as the kernel distributed with RedHat 5.2.)
>
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