Re: Parallel port on Sun 4/280?

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From: Robert N. Berlinger
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1991 00:00

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In article <2448@brchh104.bnr.ca> mferrare@physics.adelaide.edu.au (Mark Ferraretto) writes:
>I have a Sun 4/280 with 3 ALMII boards in it.  On the top of these boards
>is a port labeled 'printer'.  Is this a parallel port (Centronics)?  If it
>is what device file do I use to access it?

From the alm manual page:

     Minor device numbers in the range 64 - 67 access the printer
	  port, and the recommended naming is /dev/mcpp[0-3].

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