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From: rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Re: How fast is a parallel port? (LONG, sorry)
Message-ID: <8400007@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Mar 91 16:56:39 GMT
References: <1991Feb28.125919.10505@sceard.Sceard.COM>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: > It is possible to achieve far greater speeds by using faster gate and
    > buffer ICs.  In fact, the parallel port on the Hewlett Packard
    > HP9000/400T workstation is rated at 300 kilobytes per second.

Vendors also play fast and loose with the "spec" (which is pretty vague in
the first place).  Tektronix runs the "Centronics" interface on their 4693DX
at a megabyte/sec.

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