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

From: Ian Wilson (scobloke2_at_infotop.co.uk)
Date: 09/28/05

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    Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:15:16 +0000 (UTC)

    Bill Campbell wrote:
    > 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.

    I've been impressed with the D-Link DP-301P+ print-server, It is compact
    and much much cheaper than a JetDirect. It supports LPD and netcat
    printing (plus IPP and legacy stuff), can be configured by telnet or web
    - no need to install the supplied management software on a PC.

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