Al salaam a'alaykum Charles

21 Aug 03 09:32, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>>> Slackware Linux used to have an option for TCP/IP
 DD>>> networking over a parallel port link. 

 CA> Although I am attempting to master all versions of Windows with
 CA> the help of most of the participants of the W95 and Windows
 CA> echos I have had time to considered Linux as a useful
 CA> alternative. 

 CA> One of the authors of a mini-install Linux mentions using PLIP
 CA> or SLIP to inter-connect machines. 

PLIP - parallel line interface protocol (?) was the one I was thinking of.
SLIP is a serial thing.

 CA> I was recently reminded of that fact. My only reservation has been that 
 CA> these two continue to be offered in newer distributions. It seems that 
 CA> they are but I can't say from first hand knowledge having no newer Linux
 CA> CDs on hand to search for them. 

Apparrently PLIP is still offered with Slackware 8.1

Regards,
David

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