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.
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Tarquin Mills
Norwich Sinclair and Clones Show (ORSAM 2004)
http://www.speccyverse.me.uk/orsam/
