Re: [Emc-developers] new parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Thomas Powderly
really? and these 10$ probes have that special pin that Tek scopes need to make the speed correct? whats the part number? my 2 tek scopes can use new probes tomp On 04/09/16 15:58, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 09 April 2016 00:14:37 Jon Elson wrote: > >> On 04/08/2016 09:53 PM, Jon Elson

Re: [Emc-developers] new parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 09 April 2016 00:14:37 Jon Elson wrote: > On 04/08/2016 09:53 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > > Slight correction. (I had a bad scope probe.) After fixing > that, I see that I AM getting the board to respond with > WAIT/, so that explains the really short strobe cycles. So, > the bus

Re: [Emc-developers] new parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/09/2016 02:58 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > As possessor of a couple 100+ megahertz dual trace scopes, I have found > the probes that MPJA.com sells for under a $20 bill each to be > serviceable and a lot more ruggedly built than the stuff tek (or anyone > else I have sampled) sells. And the

Re: [Emc-developers] new parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 09 April 2016 12:32:38 Thomas Powderly wrote: > really? > and these 10$ probes have that special pin that Tek scopes need to > make the speed correct? Not that I am aware of, tek likely has a patent on it. These, as the link below has, have a 1x-10x switch on the handpiece which

Re: [Emc-developers] new parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 09 April 2016 13:19:00 Jon Elson wrote: > On 04/09/2016 02:58 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > As possessor of a couple 100+ megahertz dual trace scopes, I have > > found the probes that MPJA.com sells for under a $20 bill each to be > > serviceable and a lot more ruggedly built than the

Re: [Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/09/2016 03:16 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > You might see if the data sheet is available from > Avago > > (Oxsemi was bought out by PLXTech which was subsequently bought out by > Avago) > > The data sheet is easily available, and quite awful! It says the EPP timeout is 10 ms (I measured

Re: [Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/09/2016 05:13 PM, bari wrote: > Jon, > > I've been using these the past 2 years: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parallel-Port-DB25-LPT-Printer-to-PCI-E-PCI-Express-Card-Adapter-Converter-/181127386371 > > Thanks, Bari! As this one is going to take a long time to get here, I also ordered a

Re: [Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/09/2016 03:16 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > You might see if the data sheet is available from > Avago > > (Oxsemi was bought out by PLXTech which was subsequently bought out by > Avago) > > > Thanks! Do you know of a PCIe card that works in EPP mode with your hardware? I'd always had good

Re: [Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/09/2016 04:57 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > But its sure sounding like one of you two ought to find > 1000 or more chips that you know do work, buy them at > graveyard prices, and build us a board that DOES work. I > believe the parport may be a victim of the "everybody is > useing usb for

Re: [Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 09 April 2016 16:35:04 Jon Elson wrote: > On 04/09/2016 03:16 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > You might see if the data sheet is available from > > Avago > > > > (Oxsemi was bought out by PLXTech which was subsequently bought out > > by Avago) > And according to a google search when

Re: [Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread bari
Jon, I've been using these the past 2 years: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parallel-Port-DB25-LPT-Printer-to-PCI-E-PCI-Express-Card-Adapter-Converter-/181127386371 chipset WCH CH382L. On 04/09/2016 03:21 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 04/09/2016 03:16 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: >> You might see if the

[Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Jon Elson
Well, I'm in BIG trouble. I have 3 PCIe parallel port cards here that are all doing the same thing. They are, however, all the exact SAME PC board with the Oxford OXPCIe952 chip. They are branded SIIG, Startech and Rosewill. I cannot get them to work with my PPMC-family boards. I hooked

Re: [Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel port problem

2016-04-09 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 9 Apr 2016, Jon Elson wrote: > Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2016 14:27:24 -0500 > From: Jon Elson > Reply-To: EMC developers > To: EMC developers > Subject: [Emc-developers] serious PCIe parallel