[OZAPRS] Slightly OT: How to get a parallel port these days?

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 07:09:24PM +1000, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> On 28/04/2010 7:03 PM, Gary Stern wrote:
> > Why not a USB>  Parrallel Port adapter ??
> >
> > (Much cheaper than $250 !!)
> >    
> 
> As i said in my message, I wasn't sure that a USB-Parallel adapter would 
> actually work?  i.e. do they present a *real* parallel port to the 
> software?  Or just one that is functional enough to run a printer?  If 
> they do indeed work fully, and will run an eprom programmer, that'll fix 
> my problem perfectly :)

I've heard that they DON'T work for this type of application - designed
for printing only. A PCI card would be your best bet then.


Hamish