Re: [Tlf-devel] parallel port confusion

[rein couperus PA0RCT]

On Tuesday 08 April 2003 20:36, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
> I am looking into adding more parallel ports to cwdaemon.
> Linux seems to support 3 parallel ports with io-addresses of:
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> /dev/lp0 = 0x3bc
> /dev/lp1 = 0x378
> /dev/lp2 = 0x278
>
> See the Linux Printing HOWTO, chapter 3.
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> I have always thought that the first printer port (lp0) is the default
> port, but this seems not the case. The default is lp1, using 0x378 as
> an I/O address.
>
> Depending on your hardware, lp0 or lp1 could be the default port.
> Anyone have experience with this?
>
> It looks like I need to change the default port in cwdaemon to lp1
> if I am correct.

you are correct, the default is 0x378

Rein

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