Re: In search of Parallel and serial cards for Openserver 6

From: Bill Campbell (bill_at_celestial.com)
Date: 09/28/05

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    On Tue, Sep 27, 2005, John DuBois wrote:
    >In article <hchZe.522$yl.491@bignews1.bellsouth.net>,
    >Boss <ken@keysey.net> wrote:
    >>I have already tried two PCI parallel ports and neither are recognized
    >>by the OS. A hw -r pci report shows one as a "Simple communications
    >>controller" and the other as a "Simple 16550 controller" which are
    >>wrong. 16550, after all, is a serial UART chip.
    >>
    >>Has anyone tried a 1 or 2 port serial, a 1 port parallel or a combo PCI
    >>card with OSR6.
    >
    >PCI parallel ports aren't currently automatically recognized in OSR6 (it's
    >being worked on). When they are, the above cards aren't going to work. You
    >will need a PCI parallel card that is reported as

    I have to say that not supporting PCI parallel cards is surprising at the
    very least, particularly considering the environment most OpenServer boxes
    are currently use (e.g. small to medium businesses that are probably
    supporting ancient accounting software that hasn't been ported to non-SCO
    systems).

    The best solution might be to get an external TCP/IP print server that
    supports multiple parallel ports, the HP JetDirects are pricey but reliable
    and well supported under OpenServer -- or at least have been in earlier
    version. We generally go with external print servers in any case as they
    offer considerable flexibility, and can be positioned any place where
    there's a network or wireless connection.

    Bill 

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