[rhelv6-list] Parallel Port Support

Greg Bailey gbailey at lxpro.com
Fri Jun 17 15:15:18 UTC 2011


Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:21:05 AM Chris Adams wrote:
>   
>> To be specific: they dropped line-printer support.  The parallel port
>> hardware drivers are still included (for uses other than line printer
>> mode).
>>     
>
> Which strikes me as being a wrong decision; I would have to wonder why, and if the reasons are documented somewhere.  Parallel printers aren't as common as they used to be, but I know I have a bunch left that are real workhorses.
>
>
>   

Agreed... a quick search of the 6.0 Release Notes and Technical Notes 
didn't turn up anything either.  Anyone have a reference?

-Greg




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