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- From: chandra@cannelloni.cis.ohio-state.edu (B Chandrasekaran)
- Subject: Re: Parallel port as input port
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.140459.29534@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Sender: news@cis.ohio-state.edu (NETnews )
- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
- References: <1993Jan8.054952.9570@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:04:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.054952.9570@nuscc.nus.sg> scip2060@nusunix1.nus.sg (SARDJONO INSANI) writes:
- >
- >Hi,
- >Is is possible to set the parallel port of PC as input port? Has
- >anybody tried this or know of other methods of transferring data
- >one byte at a time to the PC?
- >
- >Thanks
- >
- >
- I was talking with a company called Komputerwerk, 1-800-423-3400, about
- upgrading the harddisk on my laptop, and the man said that they sell a
- harddisk which works off the parallel port. The HD gives you another
- parallel port for the printer, so you can still print when you use it.
- He said that the 100 MB HD will cost $560. I forgot to ask him the
- speed, but I suspect that it would be much slower than the regular
- disc drive speeds. More knowledgeable people might comment on this.
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