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Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port?

From Unknown <dog@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port?
Date 2013-04-07 17:50 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:39:15 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:

> Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com writes:
> 
>> Since eg. IOMEGA par-port assumed at least a 4bit-wide
>> bidirectionality, perphaps all post-70's were bidirectional?
> 
> The PC printer ports were bidirectional at least in the sense that they
> had five status inputs which could be used as data inputs. Even the
> control outputs could be fairly easily used as inputs which meant a
> total 9 input pins.
> 
> Bidirectional ports have a control bit to set the data pins to inputs or
> outputs or to be exact, eanble or disable the output drivers.
> 
> So, probably you can talk to a PC parallel port but I'd rather use
> ethernet or serial (RS-232) for PC communication.

Yes but, I want to interface to the most primitive PCs.
Ethernet is a higher level of complication.
And IIRC RS232 won't interface with rPi's 3.3V [MOS ?], 
but par-port will.

WDYS?

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can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-04-05 07:52 +0000
  Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2013-04-05 12:12 +0200
  Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2013-04-05 16:39 +0300
    Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2013-04-07 17:50 +0000
      Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2013-04-07 18:19 +0000
        Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-08 01:43 -0400
          Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-04-08 10:21 +0100
            Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2013-04-08 15:19 +0100
              Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-04-08 17:26 +0100
              Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2013-04-14 15:00 +0100
                Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2013-04-14 14:25 +0000
  Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? David <no@spam.please> - 2013-04-08 02:01 +0000
    Re: can rPi drive PC-bidirectional Par-port? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-08 01:40 -0400

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