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From: ginosko!cg-atla!weber@uunet.uu.net (Jeff Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Parallel I/O HW
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 25 Sep 89 17:55:14 GMT
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Does anyone out there in net.land know of/sell/use a Centronics parallel
(redundent I know) output board for VME bus?  I have a line on a few
vendors that have single output boards w/o Sun software but I'm hoping to
do better.

	"Better" would be:

	* 2 or more Centronics output ports (I know about the ALM-II)
	* 6u form factor desired (9u would be ok)
	* Sun 4.0.X software drivers a plus
	* Will run on Sun SPARCStation 330/370/390
	* Do not need any serial ports
	* Buffering a plus

What's it used for?  Outputing large (50MB+) files to a Adobe Postscript
RIP.  Serial is a joke and there's no E-net on the RIP.


						Jeff Weber
					(508) 658-0200 x7026