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Subject: Re: SCO XENIX/386 and a slow lp
Keywords: XENIX 386, lp is real slow
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Date: 27 Sep 88 00:58:47 GMT
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In article <5470@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> toma@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Tom Armistead) writes:
>I have just installed 386 Xenix (SCO) and am having some problems
>with the lp spooler. It runs **REAL** slow, printing about 1 line
>every 1 to 2 seconds, even when there is absolutely nothing else
>happening on the system...
>

As I recall, this has something to do with cheap Herc clone cards.
About a year ago, someone posted a patch for this.  If you don't
have a herc clone card, ignore this message.