2010/1/18 Udi Finkelstein <linux...@udif.com> > I have an old universal programmer (i.e. for programming > Flash/PLD/Microcontroller chips) that is parallel port based. > Since new computers with a parallel port are harder to come by (if at all), > I'm looking for a solution that will let me use it with a USB connection. > > Is there a solution that involves a USB to parallel cable, and a > virtualization software that traps HW parallel port accesses and emulate > them through the USB<>parallel interface? > > The control program for the above programmer only runs under W2000 or DOS, > but the virtualization solution can run under Linux. > > thanks, > Udi > > I don't think such a thing will work since in DOS, those programmers accessed the hardware directly (no device driver) so I am not sure it such a thing can work. I would be happy to hear of a working solution.
-- Ori Idan
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