On Thu, 2001-11-22 10:25:11 +1100, Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com> wrote in message <20011122102511.B24183@dea.linux-mips.net>: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 11:10:52AM +0100, Kevin D. Kissell wrote: > > > > Did I miss something? > > > > Like the possibility that there are more MIPS-based > > Laserjets than MIPS-based workstations in the world? > > > > Interesting platform, though. Consider the possibilities > > of a hardcopy-only X display... ;-) > > Don't forget the possibilities of recycling your laserjet with network card > and serial interface as a dialup router and firewall with a manipulation- > proof logging device ;-) Well, here is a LP LJ 4+ (7 jears old...) flyin' around, and it doesn't seem to contain a MIPS CPU. Only a i960 and a custom HP processor is inside... Well, which models actually *are* fine to run Linux on them, and last question - do they keep printing while running linux? I don't think so... MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/snapshot2cvs/
