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- Path: news.primenet.com!krishna
- From: Glenn Saunders <krishna@primenet.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: PC Par. Port - why not?
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 23:08:01 -0700
- Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010
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-
- The mortal Robert Davis wrote:
- : Yes it is wishful thinking.
- : The PC parallel port has four programmable lines which
- : do not exist on the Amiga.
- : The Amiga has one programmable line on the parallel port which
- : does not exist on the PC.
- : Any device which uses those lines on the PC port is
- : inherently incompatible with the Amiga.
- :
- In theory the goldengate ISA parallel port driver (for the buscard) could be
- updated to provide support for the extended parallel ports--or even
- support for the floppy controllers.
-
- There are also parallel ports on Amiga Zorro cards but I don't know how
- powerful they are.
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