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On Fri, 05 Apr 1996 08:03:13 GMT, Paul Chan (paul) wrote:
> I thought Ariadne was supposed to have 2 parallel ports? How is the second one
> implemented? I had assumed that it was available directly on a second blanking

	There is one port on the card, accessable directly (ie, it's
available on the back of the computer).  The second port is a series
of pinouts on the card, so you would have to purchase the cable
yourself.

> Would I be able to print Final Writer/Propage files out of the one of the
> Ariadne parallel ports?

	If they are reasonably system-compliant, yes.  There is a
device-driver for the port, and a program to redirect access to the
normal port to the ariadne parallel port.

> How would I implement a logical command like:
> copy test.ps par: (which sends a postscript file directly to the native
> parallel port for my laserjet)

	Welp, you could use the above redirection program.  I believe you
could also mount it as a separate device, say ARIPAR:, but I can't
find my manual right now to doublecheck; I don;t use the parallel
ports for much.

	It -is- firmly stated that using the native parallel port for
printing, and the Ariadne ports for networking or the like, is more
compatable.

> And finally, are you glad you bought the Ariadne?

	Yes.