Before when I was using 2.0.35, I used an A/B switch for the printer and zip
drive so I could use them. (it didn't have the parport driver)
I never tried using the interrupt and DMA with that kernel.
But I know that with my Epson and the parport driver, it goes slow and is very
jumpy when I use the DMA and IRQ that Windows 98 assigns to it.
Russell
Philip Blundell wrote:
> >has been great, but I have noticed one disturbing thing. If I set the DMA
> >and IRQ of the parallel port to what Windows 98 uses, it goes so slow when
> >printing. It prints a line then waits for more data I suppose. If I just
> >set up the correct IO port, it works great.
>
> Which kernel were you using? Historically in 2.1 there have been some
> problems with interrupt-driven printing, particularly with Epson printers.
>
> p.
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