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

[Compton Allen]

These adaptors are often found to work by trial and error. In my
experinece the Belkin ones often work.
Compton

On 4/28/10, Hamish Moffatt <hamish at cloud.net.au> wrote:
> 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
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