On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Dave Mielke wrote: > First: Perhaps it's stating the obvious, but, if that's the only port the > device has, then parallel port support is the only way to gain access to it. > > Second: A parallel port can transfer data as a higher rate than a serial port. > This, with respect to braille displays, is irrelevant unless the display is > very, very large. > > Third: The parallel port may need to be used if all of the serial ports are > already being used for other devices. What would be neede to get i.e. the CombiBraille driver to work on the lpt-port as opposed to the serial-driver already present in brltty? > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me > EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!