Supporting legacy parallel-port dependent HW via USB-to-parallel and virtualization

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2010/1/18 Udi Finkelstein <Linux-IL at udif.com>

> I have an old universal programmer (i.e. for programming
> Flash/PLD/Microcontroller chips) that is parallel port based.
> Since new computers with a parallel port are harder to come by (if at all),
> I'm looking for a solution that will let me use it with a USB connection.
>
> Is there a solution that involves a USB to parallel cable,
>

Yes, there are few of thous.


> and a virtualization software that traps HW parallel port accesses and
> emulate them through the USB<>parallel interface?
>

In linux it's a terminal based device, so you need to map it to a non serial
device and you should be able to work with it.


>
> The control program for the above programmer only runs under W2000 or DOS,
> but the virtualization solution can run under Linux.
>
> thanks,
> Udi
>
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