KEWL!!! FINALLY! I am so glad you told me that. I have been working on my own pa
tch for it and have yet to get it to work.

Keith

On 25-Nov-97 Erv Walter wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>       [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Holler) writes: 
>
>> One more thing that might be a bit confusing... The Parallel Zip
>> Drive installs as a SCSI device under Linux and does not as of yet
>> support port thru for a prin ter plugged into the Zip Drive. If you
>> want to connect your Parallel Zip and a p rinter at the same
>> time... you will need 2 Parallel ports. I recommend the SCSI type of
>> Zip Drive because it is faster and doesn't screw with your printer.
>> Keith
>
>This is not true.  The parport patch to 2.0.x kernels provides the
>ablility to use the printer on the passthrough port at the same time
>as the zip (I can print a file on a zip disk).  It is quite stable
>(never had a problem) and adds EPP support to the zip driver which
>greatly increases the speed of the parallel driver.
>
>This support is of course standard in the experimental series 2.1.
>
>Good Luck,
>Erv
>
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