Installing a second parallel port 1

[carlosnarsisa]

Dear Sr.
Please say me how i Install a second parallel por, it is a pci moschip (MSC9805).
I have SCO unix 5.05

 

[motoslide]

The general command you want is:

# mkdev parallel

It will ask a few questions regarding the IRQ and I/O address values.
I've had problems in the past with trying to add PCI parallel adapters on older versions of SCO.

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[carlosnarsisa]

Thanks, but the parallel card doesn`t let me setup the IRQ, because it is a pci card.

 

[edfair]

Had you considered the possibility of setting up a serial printer and feeding the data through a serial to parallel converter?
I know it isn't the answer you wanted but it is one way to accomplish the printed output you need.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[carlosnarsisa]

I´ve seen the SIIG pci parallel card is compatible whit SCO 4.2, do you think it works?. Mi sco is 5.05.

 

[PHV]

Not sure for 5.0.5, but you may analyse the output of the following command:
hw -r pci

Hope This Helps, PH.
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