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

David davidwhess at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 20:06:22 UTC 2013


My solution was similar.  I have a few old systems that work fine and
have serial and parallel ports.  For my more recent workstations, I
add a PCI or PCIe serial/parallel port adapter if needed.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:03:48 -0500 (EST), GandalfG8 at aol.com wrote:

>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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