Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 10:44:06 -0700 From: Robert Clark <ROBERTC@PII.COM> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, scrantr@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: questions-digest V3 #375 -Reply Message-ID: <s312c3fd.065@pii.com>
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We've used a parallel to serial converter to do something like this. I don't know how hard they would be to get these days. I've ofter thought a direct parallel input would be more elegant, but I only come across the problem once every two years. [RC] >>> Richard Scranton <scrantr@ix.netcom.com> 08/25/97 10:01am >>> Has anyone ever used FreeBSD as a printer? I have a client who wants to capture information from a security system. The system currently logs information to a printer on a parallel port. It makes no allowance for anything more permanent or useable, so my options are limited to either OCR scanning (yechh) or putting something in place of the printer that can record the data as it is logged. Can the FreeBSD parallel printer port be used as a tty-style input device? Thanks for any ideas or pointers. -rs -- =================================================================== Richard Scranton - LDA Systems - Information Management Consulting scrantr@ix.netcom.com Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo Atlanta
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