SPARCprinter-II was a different beast entirely. It does not use the lpvi card, but rather vanilla bpp. All the docs are posted at the sunsolve site if you are interested.
E digihans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it about the printer, or about the board? > Some time ago, i had a sparc-printer-II at work. > The intended customer did not want it, and i want it to use it on a ordinary pc. > > Failing to detect an appropiate printer, I contected SUN: the advised me to > select a "apple compatible printer" > Until the toner ran out, it worked ok for me.... > > Eric wrote: > > > 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... :-))) >
