Sounds like my kind of thing. Actually, I understand at least the theory
of how to do an LPT scanner. I'll give it a try if anybody doesn't want
to eagerly wrench the project from my hands and do it.
At any rate, I feel like banging my head into a wall anyway. What ever
happened to scsi scanners? They are $deity's gift to the geek masses.
For those of you who are into bizarre LPT/TTYS devices, here's something
for entertaining reading:
www.linux.org/help/ldp/mini/Coffee.html
Michael J Smith
Flyfisher, Russian Translator, and Linux-Geek-at-Large
2250 Patterson #25
Eugene, OR 97405
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