Here's an archived message that pretty much sums it up: http://www.tux.org/hypermail/linux-sparc/1999-Oct/0080.html
I doubt the interface documentation was ever released, and even so, unless you have a few years supply of SPARCprinter toner it could not possibly be worth the effort. That said, perhaps the standard BPP driver will work with that second port. E Eric Huiban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 18 December 2001 00:34, Eric wrote: > > If I recall correctly, the SPARCprinter card is similar > > to a framebuffer, not a standard parallel port. I'd > > suggest taking a look at the really, really old archives > > of the sparclinux list as this does get mentioned time to > > time. > > While "digging" inside shelves full of dust layers and full of unused > documentations, i found today the user installation guide > dedicated to this card. It mentioned that the first port on the card is > specific to the sparc printer (the frame buffer function with pins > carrying intensity, vertical and horizotal sync. etc) and the other one > is a bidirectionnal parallel port used with printer equiped with > Centronics connector. > > After plugging the dusty beast onto different sparcs, it seems that the > openboot detects two "new" devices instead of one. I'm just hoping that > the conventionnal one may be used without SUNOS ! As usual : a very > specific SUN cable is needed... but some mechanical adaptations or some > "soldering" may not be a real pain. ;-) > > Eric. > p.s. Any happy debianer playing with SBUS FDDI adapters (AMD AM79C830 + > sram + AT&T FFDI xcvr) here ? I'm unsure that a so old stuff can be > used with Linux... :-))) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
