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- From: "Robert S. Iacullo" <eagle@serv.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AT Walker Project
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:35:12 -0700
- Organization: A.C.C.O.
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- Jolyon Ralph wrote:
- >
- > > Besides, the parallel port is EPP compatible, meaning that (unlike the
- > > present
- > > one) it will work with EPP Parallel SCSI adapters, Etherenet adapters,
- > > Token-ring, etc. etc. These are already available for the PC-types,
- > > in fact, I
- >
- > No it doesn't mean they'll work.
- >
- > They'll only work if people can be bothered to write drivers for them,
- > and seeing as hardly anyone has written drivers for PCMCIA, why do you
- > expect anyone will bother with EPP drivers, when EPP devices are so much
- > slower than PCMCIA anyway?
- >
- > Jolyon
- >
-
- I like having "PC standard" serial and parallel ports on new Amiga
- models, but we also need to have an "Amiga standard" parallel port
- so people can still use stuff such as the Megalosound. One extra PP
- would probably only cost them a dollar or so.
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- Robert S Iacullo
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