Re: Parallel port on TP-750?

From: Victor Kress (kress_at_u.washington.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 09 1997 - 01:11:01 EDT

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On the 750 you have to enable EPP in the "easy setup" program.
Under "config" set the parallel port to "parallel_2". This is one of
those IBM "undocumented features" that OS2 users are quite familiar
with. IBM seems to have a CIA-like attitude towards documentation.

On Sun, 08 Jun 1997 13:46:00 -0400, Peter C. Olsen wrote:

>
>I'd like to know if anyone has ever got a ThinkPad 750 to
>interface successfully with any parallel device other than a
>printer. I've been trying to get an AtLanTek
>parallel-to-ethernet adapter to work with Linux, but without
>success. I'm beginning to wonder if the TP750 has a full
>parallel port or just enough to communicate with a printer.
>
>Peter
>

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