[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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