Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!flairvax!ellis From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Versatec usage (help) Message-ID: <181@flairvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 20:39:42 EDT Article-I.D.: flairvax.181 Posted: Fri Jul 22 20:39:42 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jul-83 05:09:49 EDT References: vaxine.259 Lines: 18 We have a Versatec V80 matrix printer/plotter running on our Vax 780/Unix 4.0bsd system (is there a law somewhere that I gotta say `trademark of Bell Labs'?) and it's the most bitchiest hardware we have, I mean constantly hanging, so we have to power cycle the thing and kick /usr/lib/vpd -- frequently having to resubmit the `job'. With persistence, you can still get anything to run, however. Now I don't mean to bad mouth Versatec. I think I've seen the thing work well on some systems. Does anyone know if the driver `vp.c' has severe brain damage (and have fixes for it)? Does anyone else have problems with their Versatec V80? I already installed William Sebok's vmpage fix for raw DMA devices, and it's likely that fix corrected many failures. But the thing is still bloody cantankerous as hell. Especially on warm summer days. Michael Ellis - Fairchild AI Lab - Palo Alto CA - (415) 493-7250