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- From: mhunter@shadow.res.cmu.edu (Matthew Hunter)
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- Subject: Re: Ariadne question
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 20:06:40
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
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- On Fri, 05 Apr 1996 08:03:13 GMT, Paul Chan (paul) wrote:
- > I thought Ariadne was supposed to have 2 parallel ports? How is the second one
- > implemented? I had assumed that it was available directly on a second blanking
-
- There is one port on the card, accessable directly (ie, it's
- available on the back of the computer). The second port is a series
- of pinouts on the card, so you would have to purchase the cable
- yourself.
-
- > Would I be able to print Final Writer/Propage files out of the one of the
- > Ariadne parallel ports?
-
- If they are reasonably system-compliant, yes. There is a
- device-driver for the port, and a program to redirect access to the
- normal port to the ariadne parallel port.
-
- > How would I implement a logical command like:
- > copy test.ps par: (which sends a postscript file directly to the native
- > parallel port for my laserjet)
-
- Welp, you could use the above redirection program. I believe you
- could also mount it as a separate device, say ARIPAR:, but I can't
- find my manual right now to doublecheck; I don;t use the parallel
- ports for much.
-
- It -is- firmly stated that using the native parallel port for
- printing, and the Ariadne ports for networking or the like, is more
- compatable.
-
- > And finally, are you glad you bought the Ariadne?
-
- Yes.
-