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From: bill@bilver.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Parallel Port under SCO 3.2
Keywords: parallel SCO3.2 386 graphics
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Date: 14 Jul 90 15:27:12 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.   

Now so obviously in my experience.   I have a site that has an HP II a found
that putting in a cheap convertor/buffer, I was able to get better performance
out of an intelligent serial board (Anvil), than I could through the parallel
port.   



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