SCO XENIX/386 and a slow lp

Allen Gwinn allen at sulaco.UUCP
Thu Sep 15 05:21:22 AEST 1988


In article <707 at drexel.UUCP> jeff at drexel.UUCP (Jeff White) writes:
>  We have a Tandy 3000 (8 MHz 286) running SCO, and when printing, the system
>does slow down (most noticeable during screen updates).  The reason I think 
>this happens is that the parallel port generates an interrupt for every
>character sent to the port.

If my memory serves me correctly, there is a solution to this in the
release notes contained in your Run Time Env manual.

-- 
Allen Gwinn  ...sulaco!allen        Disclaimer: The facts stated are my own.
"At the source of every error blamed on a computer you will find at least two
 errors...including the error of blaming it on the computer."



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