Jerome Grimbert wrote: > Tarquin Mills wrote: > > Jerome Grimbert wrote: > > > >>Only option so far is to be picky when buying the printer, checking that > >>there is at least a parallel port (and one that does not need ECP/EPP, > >>but plain good old parallel port, mono-directional... and no fancy > >>mandatory cartridge management...) > >>I just like my LX-800 and BJC-600... > > > > It would be nice with the (Q40, Q60 and) Platinum Card coming out to have > > the par device changed so that it can used bi-directionally (ECP/EPP). > > > It would only provide the communication... but you would still miss the > heavy driver and print engine on the 3.4 GHz P4, and 256 MB of memory... > And most printers now have 'undocumented & classified' code. A nightmare > to make a driver when you're a third party. Printers are not the only thing I want to attach to the parallel port, e.g DAC, Webcam, Par<->USB etc. Par is one of the fastest ports on the Q60, faster that USB version 1. A retro printer would be something to sell at meetings.
-- Tarquin Mills Norwich Sinclair and Clones Show (ORSAM 2004) http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/orsam/