5 Jul
2010
5 Jul
'10
9:25 a.m.
On 5 Jul 2010 at 7:59, Glen Slick wrote:
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?
--Chuck