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- From: ceharris@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Carl Harris)
- Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: bidirectional centronics port
- Message-ID: <Bz5IIs.7L6@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 14:49:39 GMT
- References: <Bz1qBr.18K@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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- These "portable hard drives" that have appeared in many of the mail order
- catalogues also use the printer port as their connection point. When I
- first saw one of these things, I thought 'how in the heck can they get
- bidirectional data flow on a centronics port'. I asked around a bit, and
- never got a satisfactory response.
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- Carl Harris | program (tv). To engage in an activity
- Virginia Tech | similar to banging one's head against a wall
- ceharris@csugrad.cs.vt.edu | but with fewer opportunities for reward.
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