6 Jul
2010
6 Jul
'10
2:23 p.m.
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 21:29:29 +0100 (BST)
From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
Subject: Re: Conecting new printer to a 286
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
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Seems to me all you'd need is a stock off-the-shelf Parallel>Serial
converter feeding into a Serial<>USB converter, no?
I use that setup for various things; PrtScn capturing PC BIOS setup screens
for reference, debugging by judiciously inserting LPRINTs of key variables
to save or display on a second screen, etc., and even for printing to serial
printers from a parallel port... ;-)
m
On 5 Jul 2010 at 7:59, Glen Slick wrote:
As I have said many times, that depeends on where you are...
Yes, you are confused. Tony's problem
statement to which I replied
was capturing print data from a vintage PC to a USB capable host PC,
not printing from a vintage PC directly to a USB printer device.
Well, to be sure, you can get DIP packages like the Elexol USBMOD4
parallel-to-USB transfer module that would entail little more than
wiring up a cable.
But there are so many scrapped PCs available with USB and (bidirectional) parallel ports, what would be the
point of building
anything?
You;ve not seen my workbench ;-). I doubt I could find space for a PC +
monitor+keybaord alongide any classic machbine I was working on.
Quite apart from the fact that the simpler something is, there less there
is to go wrong....
-tony
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