Marc Schink: > To be host I'm suprised that there are still parallel port users out > there. Although the main reason is probably more nostalgia than > anything else ;)
No, nostalgia, it is simple and useful. And it is also useful for LinuxCNC. > Anyway, my main problem with the parallel port is Windows. I'm not able > to build a regression test setup for Windows. There is no documentation > on how to set up OpenOCD with a parallel port driver on Windows. Do any > of you use the parport driver on Windows? If not and no one shows up > with a proper documentation / how-to, I would suggest to deprecate the > driver for Windows (and drop it later). Sorry, no MS-Windows here, but I found this, hopefully it is helpful: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/parports/operating-a-parallel-port Regards, /Karl Hammar
