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

GandalfG8 at aol.com GandalfG8 at aol.com
Fri Jan 11 23:38:08 UTC 2013


Hi Luis
 
No problem, and it's much better anyway to hear from someone  who's used 
it:-)
 
I only took a quick look at the web site before and didn't see the self  
build instructions at that time, but having seen the SMD chip he's using I  
think asking for a price might be safer:-)
 
I see from your earlier comments that you've used it ok with old  
programmers but on the page you've linked do he doesn't recommend that, have you  
come across any problems with this?
 
Regards
 
Nigel
GM8PZR
 
 
In a message dated 11/01/2013 20:15:15 GMT Standard Time, ct1dmk at gmail.com  
writes:

Hi  Nigel,

I missed your post before my reply to Joe, so I made no mention  to your 
suggestion.
I have those and they are not a printer thing, they  really
work low level. The list of programmers and bit oriented  stuff
that was reported to work well is big and surely there are  more
stuff that works that is not in the list...

Joe,  take a  look a check if you app is reported  good:

http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/bastelecke/Rund%20um%20den%20PC/USB2LPT
/liste.en.htm


Cheers.

Luis  Cupido
ct1dmk.



On 1/11/2013 5:03 PM, 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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