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From: walter@mecky.UUCP (Walter Mecky)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Parallel Port under SCO 3.2
Keywords: parallel SCO3.2 386 graphics
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Date: 13 Jul 90 00:30:53 GMT
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In article <9007120320.AA28424@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU> terry@EESUN1.EECE.KSU.EDU (Terry Hull) writes:
< jeff@faximum.UUCP (Jeff Tate) writes:
< >I have a clone 386 running SCO 3.2.  I am quite happy with it except
< >when I try to send raster-graphics to my HP IIc over the // port, when
< >I get calssical Egyptian cuneiform scrawl
< 
< The parallel port does not support 8 bit characters under SCO Unix. 
< The serial ports do, but obviously they are slower driving the printer.   

That has been a bug and is fixed by SCO in a fix called unx-162.
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Walter Mecky	[ walter@mecky	or  ...uunet!unido!mecky!walter ]