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Re: IEEE-488 Drivers For Linux

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: IEEE-488 Drivers For Linux
Date	2025-12-17 07:49 +0000
Message-ID	<mqf5krFp0j4U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<10hq6qg$29cri$1@dont-email.me> <mqcjg5Fbg32U4@mid.individual.net> <10ht39f$36gds$1@dont-email.me>

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:07:43 -0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen wrote:

> In article <mqcjg5Fbg32U4@mid.individual.net>,
> rbowman  <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>My Osborne 1 had a parallel port, primarily meant for a Centronics type
>>printer cable but it did have the drivers for IEEE-488.
> 
> We had a Centronics printer cable running from our Osborne 1 to a
> daisy-wheel printer running at something like 14 cps. Speed demon.

Picking daisies wasn't easy. I had an Okidata dot matrix that got up to a 
blazing 120 cps iirc.

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