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PLIP stands for Parallel Line Internet Protocol. A common problem with |
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ancient computers is the fact that they were rarely fitted with an Ethernet |
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adapter, and it wasn't necessarily easy to add one (esp. if considering |
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portable computers). However, most of these machines had a parallel port, |
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primarily designed to hook a printer. |
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The PLIP protocol is a work-around networking solution that allows a machine |
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to use its parallel port as a networking device. This, of course, require |
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said parallel port to be connected to some kind of PLIP server, or another |
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computer running PLIP. |
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PLIP packet drivers: |
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plip111 (original version by Russ Nelson, 1995).zip |
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plip112 (updated version by Fred Macall, 2003).zip |
