5 Jul
2010
5 Jul
'10
9:41 a.m.
Quoting Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>:
On 5 Jul 2010 at 7:59, Glen Slick wrote:
Smaller, and doesn't need yet another PC and atendant monitor keyboard
etc, which is another step to getting the output to your main PC.
Infact depending on the retro computer concerned, the FTDI245 (or
alternative) based circuit would probably sit inside the computer that
you where printing from. If you used one of the DIP modules, you could
probably get away with just wiring to it directly so would not even
have to do any tricky surface mount soldering.
Besides some of us actually *LIKE* building things :)
Cheers.
Phill.
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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?