FreeBSD 6.0/6.1: open ("/dev/lpt0" ...) hangs up

[Julian H. Stacey]

> I suspect plip has outlived its usefulness.

PL-IP is still useful. Like ed, one wouldnt want to use it every day,
but it's useful for fallback bootstrapping / rescue / 1st install,
if ether fails etc.

-- 
Julian Stacey.  Consultant Unix Net & Sys. Eng., Munich.  http://berklix.com
Mail in Ascii, HTML=spam.     Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.