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Joseph R.M. Zbiciak (im14u2c@millenium.texas.net) wrote:
: Garrick Meeker (gurk@chickenboo.EBB.Eng.Sun.COM) wrote:
: : I currently have my PC (running Linux) networked to my Amiga (running
: : AmiTCP) with a serial cable.  I'd like to connect them with a parallel
: : cable.  I've looked at the docs for the PLIP drivers on both sides
: : and the cables seem to be designed differently.  Can someone tell me if
: : the drivers are compatible as is?  If so, how do I wire the cable?  If
: : not, what needs to be changed in the drivers?  Thanks.


: If the Amiga PLIP driver is compatible with the Crynwr (sic) PLIP driver,
: then you should be OK.  Basically the main difference would lie in
: what pins are the status pins--ie. the data pins should be wired the
: same on both ends.

: As I remember it, there were data pins on one end wired to status pins
: on the other, and vice versa.  Likely, the status pins are numbered
: slightly different on the Amiga end, and thus some minor moving is
: necessary.  (Either that, or different status pins are available.)

: As long as you keep the Amiga_Data -> PC_Status wiring the same,
: and can find the appropriate mapping for the PC_Data -> Amiga_Status
: wiring, you should be all set.  This is of course assuming that
: the Amiga PLIP is compatible, which I have no idea about.  One thing
: worth noting:  such a cable would only work  when the right ends 
: were plugged into the right computers.  (ie. it'd have distinct
: Amiga and IBM ends.)

: Best of luck,

: --Joe

Difference is that Amiga PLIP is 8 bit and Linux PLIP is 4 bit. A friend
of mine is working on 8 bit PLIP support for Linux so that this may be
possible. Hopefully he will upload it to sunsite when he is done.

Bernie