[rescue] JetDirect card -- EEPROM

[Paul Sladen]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Larry Snyder wrote:

> I'd like to retire the 486 redhat box that's been playing printserver
> for quite a few years here at home.  I'm poking around for a 10bT
> jet-direct card for a Series III.  Anybody got one they'd part with
> cheap?  Please reply off-list.

[intentionally replied on-list].  I have *three* JetDirect cards for
LJ-II/III.  The problem is that they all have the Novell Fireware/PROM on
them.  However, AFAIK, they can be swapped for a TCP/IP aware JetDirect PROM
if anyone can get ahold of one of these and burn some copies for the
masses... then freebie /cards/ are available.

	-Paul

PS.  Clause:  I'd really like to come out with a working one in the end for
myself, and retire the W3.11 print-server at home... The Sparc<->Serial
@19200 doesn't really live up to what the PeeCee Parallel interface can
manage--*10* minutes to download the bitmap to the printer after GhostScript
has munged it...!