15 Dec
2013
15 Dec
'13
11:42 a.m.
On 15/12/2013 18:49, Al Kossow wrote:
> To bad the parallel port has also gone the way of the serial port.
Well as most printers are USB or Network Attached its not a huge selling
point so I can see why they are not including printer ports on new PC's
however add-in cards are widely available..
I know its not a huge number but E-Bay returns 86 hits for PCI-Express
Printer card, and there are a few Express Card adaptors for Laptops.
e.g.:-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130891833233
The one issue with these is that in my expereince they don't appear at
the same i/o address as a tradional LPT port. I have to fix this with a
VM.....
Dave
G4UGM
people in the 21st century use FT245s
http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT245BM.htm