Parallel port as pseudo-COM: port

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From: Bruce W. Morlan
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:48

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I need to transfer (on a continuing basis) small text files to and from
a laptop with only a working parallel port (the serial port is dead).
I was hoping to get 95% effectiveness using a parallel-to-parallel
connection.  This would let me use the laptop as a portable text
processor, at least.  It is apparently impossible to easily fix
the serial port, as the system is out of production/support/"we
don't even wanna talk about fixing that piece of junk...".  So, 
anyone have experience with this (BTW, I've seen the device that
"makes your LPT: port a COM: port - for the price I'd just buy a
working laptop.  Thanks for any hints!

OBJ HINT:  Don't buy really cheap unless you can throw it out when
	   it breaks.

-- 
Bruce W. Morlan, Major, USAF             Air Force Institute of Technology
Deputy Department Head (Military)        AFIT/ENC
Department of Mathematics                WPAFB  OH  45433

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From: morlan@afit.af.mil (Bruce W. Morlan)
Subject: Parallel port as pseudo-COM: port
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Summary: Need to use parallel port to transfer data
Keywords: COM: LPT: modem transfer
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:48:12 GMT
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