[lug] Serial Line Direct Connection

Nate Duehr nate at natetech.com
Fri Apr 19 19:52:58 MDT 2002


What's the maximum speed the high speed parallel ports can run?

On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 11:44, John Karns wrote:
> On 19 Apr 2002, Nate Duehr said:
> 
> > Also PLIP (parallel line internet protocol -- IP over your
> > bi-directional parallel ports) has always been something I've wanted to
> > try also, just to see how it sets up and works.  I've read of people
> > loading their machines from PLIP connections... ugggh.  :-)
> 
> I never loaded an OS with it, but I did have occasion to use it on a
> laptop on which the PCMCIA connector had shaken loose inside the machine.
> Worked fine with a laplink cable for transferring files and other light
> tasks.

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Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com




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