Subject: Re: puc card
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Tobias Seiler <tobi@themaster.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/23/2000 01:26:19
Hello Soren,
On 23-Mai-00, you wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 01:12:51AM +0100, Tobias Seiler wrote:
>> I have to get a supported PCI i/o card with to parallel ports because the
>> old ISA card I got working is really damn slow, no matter if use lpaX or
>> lptX drivers (lpaX is a little faster).
>
> Note that a lpt at puc isn't likely to be all that much faster,
> mostly because our lpt driver doesn't support ECP.
>
> You are probably better off getting a USB<->1284 adapter widget,
> which will push the ECP stuff off into hardware. They aren't
> too expensive, and neither are PCI OHCI USB cards if needed.
Mhh, the onboard parallel port that is also used seems to be much faster. I
would estimate a puc cards speed almost at the same level. Thats enough.
Regards
Tobias