July 2003
Beginner to intermediate
874 pages
38h 13m
English
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Configuring parallel ports under Linux
Linux has made great strides in adding support for various parallel modes. Linux 2.0 supported only Compatibility Mode and Nibble Mode. Beginning with 2.4, the Linux parallel port subsystem supports all standard IEEE-P1284.3 modes. For complete details on the Linux 2.4 parallel port subsystem, see http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/html/parportguide.html.