David Drummond wrote in a message to JEAN PARROT:

DD> Slackware Linux used to have an option for TCP/IP networking over a
DD> parallel port link. I haven't noticed if the option is still there
DD> in the later ones or not.. With NICs being so cheap and easy to
DD> come by these days, why bother? 

Are you referring to PLIP?  If so,  it's still in there as late as
Slackware 8.1 (the latest I have here).  Only I don't think that it
necessarily installs by default any more...

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