>> We're gonna need a tcp/ip stack first.
>> A plip driver won't be that hard, but we need something for it to sit on.
>
>The problem with PLIP in ELKS will be finding XTs with bi-directional
>parallel ports.
>
>And finding 8-bit parallel add-on cards that support bi-directional
>transfers.
PLIP can work in nibble mode, using the status lines as a 4 bit input
port. For those handy with a soldering iron it's a small hardware patch
to make a bidi port out of those old discrete TTL parallel port cards.