LINUX PLIP MINI-HOWTO

• Index
• Introduction: what is PLIP and why should I use it?
• Hardware required to use PLIP.
• Reconfigure the kernel.
• Kernel messages about the PLIP interface.
• Setting up the configuration files.
• Activate the PLIP link.
• FAQ.
• Patches to make PLIP and LP live together.
• A PLIP link between DOS and Linux
• PLIP between Linux and Windows 95.
• Questions? Comments? Send me feedback.
• Where to find new releases of this mini-howto.
• Credits.
• Copyright message.

13. Credits.

Many thanks to:

• Rick Lim <ricklim@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca> for the patches to make PLIP and LP live together.
• Takeshi Okazaki <GBA03552@niftyserve.or.jp> for the patches to use PLIP and LP on two different parallel ports.
• Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com> for some advice on the "tutorial" part of this HOWTO.
• Fernando Molina <fmolina@nexo.es> for useful comments about IRQs and IO Addresses.
• James Vahn <jvahn@short.circuit.com> for the cool addendum on the PLIP between DOS and Linux chapter.
• To all the users that posted PLIP-related articles on the linux newsgroups and/or mailed me. The list of all the people that helped me with info and comments could be longer than the Mini-HOWTO itself: thank you all!