Bi-directional ports

Article View: comp.sys.acorn.apps

Article #152

Back to comp.sys.acorn.apps Previous Next

#152

From: Dave Pope
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 00:00

22 lines
1514 bytes

>
>> And what about utils. like Laplink?
>
>They use bidiretional printer ports. If you don't have one, then
>you'll have to use a serial line. If you have an ECP port, it'll go
>like s**t off a shovel, in optimal conditions faster than Ethernet!
>

Ah! I see. I've used Laplink successfully with PCs dating back to
the stone-age. (Ha ha, don't they all, I hear Acorn users cry!)
Presumably that's why I'd never been concerned with whether or not
the printer port was bisexual or not!

Dave



------------------------------------------------------------------
              Dave Pope ||Computers are like dogs,              ||
dpope@assyst.win-uk.net ||They can sense fear.                  ||
------------------------------------------------------------------

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1380@assyst.win-uk.net>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References:

<na.6a6aa9470d.a50120quilljar@argonet.co.uk><na.fab77a470d.a40080grahamep@argonet.co.uk> <1379@assyst.win-uk.net><19960916.042607.52@nanobyte.demon.co.uk>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 113320,b5a8a3c788c6a678
X-Google-Attributes: gid113320,public
X-Google-Thread: 10cbcb,132c97e14d7037df
X-Google-Attributes: gid10cbcb,public
X-Google-Thread: f5f1b,132c97e14d7037df
X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f1b,public
From: dpope@assyst.win-uk.net (Dave Pope)
Subject: Bi-directional ports
Date: 1996/09/17
Message-ID: <1380@assyst.win-uk.net>
X-Deja-AN: 181004083
references: <na.6a6aa9470d.a50120quilljar@argonet.co.uk><na.fab77a470d.a40080grahamep@argonet.co.uk> <1379@assyst.win-uk.net><19960916.042607.52@nanobyte.demon.co.uk>
reply-to: dpope@assyst.win-uk.net (Dave Pope)
newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.apps,argonet.acorn.voyager,uk.education.schools-it

Reply to Parent Message