On Sat, 11 Jan 1997 16:04:05 -0500 (EST) 
 Rob Deker <deker@digex.net> wrote:

 > You may want to take a look at the Linux sources, I believe it does PLIP.
 > FreeBSD might also, but I don't remember...

At least 2 NetBSD ports also do plip...

The Right Way(tm) to do this is to make the parallel port an abstract
device, which can have either:

	- a tty (for use as a printer port)
	- a plip layer
	- a ZIP drive

...or whatever attached as a child.

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