On 04-27-97, MARK WRIGHT said to BOB DAVIS:
BD=>MW> Parallel ports havent used interrupts for years unless using
BD=>MW> postscript.
BD=>Postscript has nothing to do with the parallel port hardware. Interrupts
MW>foBD=>parallel ports have been part of the PC architecture since the
MW>beginning ofBD=>time.
MW>The printer will not use a interrupt unless it is postscript, been
MW>using/sharing lpt1 irq7 and sound cards irq7 "since the beginning of
MW>time".
Yep, but the page description language is not what forces the use of an IRQ.
It's a HARDWARE issue, not software...
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