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- From: rdg@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Rob Gardner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: Centronics port: really write-only?
- Message-ID: <7371196@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 19:29:38 GMT
- References: <sysrick.712446947@starbase.spd.louisville.edu>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- > "man cent" on my 9000/730 (HPUX 8.07) tell me that the Centronics parallel
- > port only supports writes. Is this a hardware or a software limitation?
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- > If it's a software limitation, does anyone know if/when reads from the
- > Centronics port might be supported?
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- It's a manual page limitation. The 700 parallel port can do bidirection
- I/O. If only you know the mode bits in the minor number...
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- Rob
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