29 Oct
2012
29 Oct
'12
4:10 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
printers
I using print request as the first step before it becomes a print job
print request -> print job -> spool/queue -> output
no, I be running web
browsers, telnet terminals, etc
You start out by saying you want to only transfer data from the classic
to the linux box, which to me implies output only on the classic, input
only on the linux bos. Then you want to run web browsers, termianl
emulators ,etc. That implies bidirectional data transfer. Now what
_exactly_ are you tryign to do? on one side I want to make all my printer available
to all my computers
on the other side I want to be able to let my computers access a hand full of dial-up
online services recreate on the linux box
From: Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Cc:
Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: networking classic hardware
Can;'t you just tell me what it is?
CUPS is unix/linux printer server with
spooling and rule based translation of print jobs
What is
CUPS?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS
As I undertand it, then, you want ot have paralle input ports on the
linux box.
no, I am think of using these parallel printer servers connected to
the the classic systems print request is send to the
linux box
the linux box sends the print request to the compatibly printer or save it
as a
pdf file
I do not understnad what you are trying to do. What do you mean by a
'print request'?
Can you explain jsut what is connected to what, using what interfaces.
parallel port -> ethernet -> linux box -> ethernet -> printer server ->
printer
serial port -> ethernet -> linux box
<snip>
>>? > DO you wnate otbe able to transfer data between the
computers?
? yes, but only between the classic system and the
linux server
So each classic machine is only outputting data, right?
-tony