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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTER CARD FOR PC?
- Message-ID: <exuptr.461.716059691@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 17:28:11 GMT
- References: <1992Sep09.103227.24636@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
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- In article <1992Sep09.103227.24636@hplb.hpl.hp.com> tmo@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Tim Ottley) writes:
- >From: tmo@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Tim Ottley)
- >Subject: BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTER CARD FOR PC?
- >Date: 9 Sep 92 10:32:27 GMT
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- >Does anyone know of a supplier or manufacturer of bi-directional
- >printer port cards for the PC (ISA bus)? I need a couple to
- >interface to some prototype communications hardware that I am
- >building.
-
- >If not, does anyone know of any standard (currently available)
- >printer cards that can be modified to run bi-directionally, (I like
- >a nice hardware hack!!).
-
-
- > Deep joy (in advance)
- > Tim Ottley.
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- > any opinions expressed are my own and not my employer's
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- Correct me if I'm worng, someone, but aren't all parallel perts bi-
- directional? Otherwise how would these tape backup units that connect to
- your parallel port work?
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