Re: [PARPORT] Colorado 8GBe tape drive


grant@torque.net
Sun, 23 Aug 1998 16:44:28 -0400 (EDT)


> > Use EPP mode if at all possible, and set the port delay to 0, to get
> > maximal performance.
>
> Almost forgot, one last question--"port delay" doesn't seem to be
> something I can set though the BIOS. Any way to check/set it through
> software? Thanks

It's not a BIOS thing. Look at the parameters to pt - you'll see that
you can specify a <dly> parameter. With epat this defaults to 1, but
you can almost certainly force it to 0.

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