[OB] Detail question about parallel port on Omnibook 800CT (F1275A)

[Paul Fox]

victor wrote:
 > I don't remember any weird things about the 800CT's parallel port, but
 > if it has some issue, you could always use a PCMCIA parallel port
 > card.  The most likely issue you are likely to have is that the Linux
 > driver may not support all the features you want or may not fully
 > support whatever chip set is used for the parallel port.

i had no trouble using the OB800 parallel port under linux to drive
a bit-banging programmer for AVR micros.  i think the port is pretty
standard.

paul
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