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From: kjm@EMX.UTEXAS.EDU (Ken Montgomery)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Q-bus Centronix ports
Message-ID: <8802250632.AA23416@emx.utexas.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 88 06:32:10 GMT
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Is there a vendor out there that makes a board that talks to printers that
use the Centronix interface?  Is there such a board that does DMA output
(or even just has an output silo)?  Is there such a board that reports device
status bits individually?  I'm trying to find better alternatives to the
LP11-style interface (one byte out per interrupt (no DMA or silo), only
one status bit: "something is wrong").


thanks in advance,

Kenneth J. Montgomery
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