On 24 July 2014 20:26, Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> Rather than use a real parport, put a parport breakout on the 5i25 >> internal header and run the BoB using a 7i77 / 7i76 firmware and you >> get Mesa stepgens. >> > I would love to do that but he already got the hardware. He will not > wait for us to import what is needed from the states. Always last minute > rush with these things.
You don't need any extra hardware other than one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-Profile-Bracket-Parallel-Adapter/dp/B009JXK5UE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1406312107&sr=8-5&keywords=parallel+port+connector Which is a standard part from just about any computer shop. (or you could solder direct to the 5i25 card pins if you really wanted) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
