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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: minix problems - I'm back
Keywords: lpr/RLL controller
Message-ID: <3441@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 29 Sep 89 20:31:29 GMT
References: <1856@unocss.UUCP>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <1856@unocss.UUCP> mlewis@unocss.UUCP (Marcus S. Lewis) writes:
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>My buddy who got me started with Minix can't use his printer.  It works
>fine under MSDOS, but he gets consistent "printer not ready" errors when
>he tries to print anything.  What is Minix doing

Chances are your printer is located at a different I/O port address than
MINIX expects.  MINIX thinks that the printer port is determined by the
presence/absence of a color display, which is indeed true for genuine IBM
gear, but not for all clones.  Look at the printer driver and hard code
the proper port into it.

This problem has been fixed in recent versions.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)