[Linux-parport] True Parallel Port Interface for Bit-banging?

Sebastian Frias sf84 at laposte.net
Tue Oct 25 09:12:54 PDT 2016


On 10/25/2016 03:22 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On mar., 2016-10-25 at 13:21 +0200, Sebastian Frias wrote:
>> Alternatively, does anybody knows if the Parallel Port available thru Laptop
>> docking stations (Dell, HP, Thinkpad, etc.) are True Parallel Ports (ISA
>> compatible)?
> 
> Some laptops such as the ThinkPad T42 had parallel ports, without the
> need of a docking station. I know because my dad still has one. But well
> these are 2004 machines, may be hard to find these days.
> 

Actually, according to this:

https://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/basteln/PC/USB2LPT/index.en.htm

PCMCIA cards could work, is anybody able to confirm?



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