Re: Linux and OS/2, PLIP and PMAC

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From: James Knott
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 00:00

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In article <byv4voStQoje-pn2-Kmsp2L0FjLFW@a31.Dynamic-IP.Mlink.NET>,
info@pagemontreal.qc.ca (Charles Quenneville) wrote:
>Hi,
> I have searched the Dejanews archive and saw a lot of questions about
>this but I didn't find answers. I'm trying to connect an OS/2 system 
>to a Linux system through a parallel cable (Laplink). I know there's 
>something called PLIP in Linux (and from the HOW-TO, it seem easy to 
>setup) and PMAC on OS/2, but how do they work together? I have the 
>pieces of the puzzle but I would appreciate any help or hints on how 
>to put them together.

I don't know if PLIP & PMAC are compatible.  Perhaps someone has 
ported PLIP to OS/2?  If you don't want to get a couple of NICs, you 
may have to use the serail port and SLIP or PPP, which are supported 
by both OS/2 & Linux.


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From: jknott@ibm.net (James Knott)
Subject: Re: Linux and OS/2, PLIP and PMAC
Date: 1998/08/30
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