6 Jul
2010
6 Jul
'10
11:28 a.m.
> (bidirectional) parallel ports, what would
be the point of building
> anything?
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
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....
All of the additional hardware to do it using an existing PC fits in a
Centronics-like dongle. If the PC's printer port is bi-directional, then there is no need or reason to even open the PC (if
you run your PCs in
closed cases)
Do you honestly think I put the case screws in my PC :-)
-tony