24 Jul
2010
24 Jul
'10
6:47 p.m.
On 25 July 2010 02:32, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Liam Proven wrote:
I don't know, but AFAICR I have not /seen/ anything that works like
that. I suspect it'd be a lot more work to make a hardware-level
compatible USB<=>Parallel adaptor than a cheap'n'cheerful one that
just does enough for printing.
--
Liam Proven ? Profile & links: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven
Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lproven at gmail.com
Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 ? Cell: +44 7939-087884 ? Fax: + 44 870-9151419
AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven ? MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? ICQ: 73187508
I have no idea on technical grounds, but inasmuch as there are, or
were, USB<=>SCSI adaptors, I think it's /technically/ possible in
terms of electronic capabilities. What I suspect on no particular
evidence is that software-wise it probably isn't, 'cos I am /guessing/
that a USB device can't present itself as a port on 0x378 on IRQ 7
etc.
Well, wasn't it actually 0x3bc on the original PC? ?And I don't see why a
USB device couldn't do that, given the proper drivers.