[time-nuts] OT - USB to LPT Adapter - Does it exist?

GandalfG8 at aol.com GandalfG8 at aol.com
Fri Jan 11 17:03:48 UTC 2013


Hi Joe
 
As per other replies I was going to suggest this won't work because  USB 
adapters are for printing only and my solution would be to buy an old 486 or  
early pentium laptop and use that, I've bought several over the past few 
years  for really silly money on Ebay for this very reason, but I have come 
across what  might be a possible solution....
 
_http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/bastelecke/Rund%20um%20den%20PC/USB2LP
T/index.html.en_ 
(http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/bastelecke/Rund%20um%20den%20PC/USB2LPT/index.html.en) 
 
I can't vouch for this, just found it via Google, and although the  drivers 
are downloadable you need to buy the adapter and have to email for  prices, 
but it might be worth a try.
 
My preferrred solution would still be the old laptop:-)
 
Regards
 
Nigel
GM8PZR
 
 
In a message dated 11/01/2013 13:09:45 GMT Standard Time, jltran at att.net  
writes:

Not sure  where to ask this question but thought I would start here.  

Is  there a way to connect a parallel port to a computer via USB?  Not  a
device that shows up as 'USB Print Support' but, instead, shows up in  
Device
Manager as an LPT port?  I have been able to do it via PCMCIA  to Parallel
Port adapters but I have never found a USB device that would do  this.

My goal is to connect a parallel port chip programmer via USB but  the
software only looks for LPT ports.  It works with PCMCIA to  parallel port
adapters but I haven't solved the puzzle yet with a USB  connected device.

Thanks in advance.
Joe

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