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

[sara fink]

There are plenty of usb to parallel port.

http://www.google.com/search?q=usb+to+parallel+port&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:he:official&client=firefox-a

you can find on ebay as well. They are very cheap at ebay.

http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=usb+to+parallel+port&_sacat=&_ex_kw=&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_sop=12

but don't expect it to be fast.

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