Re: [Re: SBUS Sparc printer card.]
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 01:03:46AM +0100, Eric Huiban wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 December 2001 00:34, Eric wrote:
> > If I recall correctly, the SPARCprinter card is similar
> > to a framebuffer, not a standard parallel port. I'd
> > suggest taking a look at the really, really old archives
> > of the sparclinux list as this does get mentioned time to
> > time.
>
> While "digging" inside shelves full of dust layers and full of unused
> documentations, i found today the user installation guide
> dedicated to this card. It mentioned that the first port on the card is
> specific to the sparc printer (the frame buffer function with pins
> carrying intensity, vertical and horizotal sync. etc) and the other one
> is a bidirectionnal parallel port used with printer equiped with
> Centronics connector.
>
> After plugging the dusty beast onto different sparcs, it seems that the
> openboot detects two "new" devices instead of one. I'm just hoping that
> the conventionnal one may be used without SUNOS ! As usual : a very
> specific SUN cable is needed... but some mechanical adaptations or some
> "soldering" may not be a real pain. ;-)
Check "prtconf" output and see if you have something called a SUNW,bpp.
Perhaps the cards centronics capable port falls under that driver.
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