kwong@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ka Chin Wong) (01/11/91)
I am trying to connect a parallel printer to a serial port (COM1) at the back of my computer. Has anyone tried it? Are there parallel to serial interface adapters available in the market? Can it be done? Thanks for your comment. Rick
gordo@pro-gateway.cts.com (Gordon Aikman) (01/12/91)
In-Reply-To: message from kwong@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU You would DEFINATELLY have to buy an interface component. The terms PARALLEL and SERIAL should tell you that you have to have a conversion mechanism. Internet/ProLine: gordo@pro-gateway.cts.com +-----------+ UUCP: crash!pro-gateway!gordo |Pro-Gateway| ARPA: crash!pro-gateway!gordo@nosc.mil |214/6445113| +-Dallas,TX-+
ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) (01/13/91)
From article <6859@crash.cts.com>, by gordo@pro-gateway.cts.com (Gordon Aikman): > In-Reply-To: message from kwong@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU > > You would DEFINATELLY have to buy an interface component. The terms PARALLEL > and SERIAL should tell you that you have to have a conversion mechanism. As I mentioned before, we bought a "interface component" for more than $100 at the office. It is a piece of trash. I think the principle of the "interface component" does not cover anything other than transfer at A FEW bytes per seconds. Anyone who have better experience please tell me I am wrong.
vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu (James M. VandeVegt) (01/20/91)
I don't want to sound rude, but why would you want to do this? You can get a parallel port card (usually with a serial and game port) for around $40 mail order, maybe even less. No, I don't know of any converters, particularly any that would cost less that the aforementioned card. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | James M. VandeVegt | University of Nebraska | | vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu | Computer Science and Engineering | ----------------------------------------------------------------------