Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!dfs
From: dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll)
Subject: /dev/lp problem (IBM-XT)
Message-ID: <dfs.669310009@data>
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Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Date: 18 Mar 91 15:26:49 GMT

I just bought Minix 1.5.10 and installed it a couple of days ago.  I
have an IBM XT clone with two speeds - the regular 4.77 MHz and the
"turbo" 8 MHz setting.  When I run at 4.77 MHz, everything works fine.
However, at 8 MHz, when I try to use 'lpr' or even 'echo foo >
/dev/lp', the system complains that the printer is out of paper.
MS-DOS prints fine at 4.77 or 8 MHz.

Is there something really time-critical in the Minix printer driver?
I'd really like to run at 8 MHz because compiling at 4.77 is
sloooow...

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David F. Skoll