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I was successful in getting PLIP working on my Micron machine
at home, connecting to my AMD laptop.  No special options ifconfig --
plip0 for the Micron, plip1 for the laptop.  

However, when trying to connect to the Compaq Deskpro 50
at work, ifconfig plip0 defaults to IRQ 5, hardware address
0x3bc.  But running diagnositics in MS-DOS ("MSD") shows the
IRQ as 7.  I tried overriding the IRQ by running:

ifconfig plip0 192.168.1.3 pointopoint 192.168.1.1 -arp irq 07

But I get the message:

SIOCSIFMAP: Device or resource busy.

Any pointers on this?

Thanks (again) in advance,

Carl Tichler

NOTE:  All machines are running kernel version 1.2.13.  I also
had to get an updated NetKit to get the version of ifconfig which
displays the IRQ and hardware address.

It seems that the Compaq LPT ports are non-standrd in some way.
I have got the above to work by setting things to only expect uni-directional
and to have maximum delays (ie slow transfer) and the most basic and
failsafe handshaking.

Sorry I cant give specific advice , but keep in mind that the LPT port is
not what it may seem to MSD or the PLIP driver.

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