On Fri, 14 Jun 1996 21:47:04 +0000 (EDT) 
 "david" <david@mobtech.com> wrote:

 > That said, I recall someone mentioning some work on a re-write of the 
 > lpt drivers to allow easier integration of parallel zip drivers, tape
 > drives, etc. 
 > 
 > Is anyone working on this yet? Soon after 1.2 or sometime in the future?
 > I just am curious if I should start this soon, or wait for some of the
 > changes. 
 > 
 > If no one has any comments I'll start right away.

There's been talk about that being a Good Idea, but, to my knowledge, no 
ones actually embarked on that rewrite of the parallel port driver.

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