Parallel ports

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Tue Feb 3 23:52:35 1998

At 05:13 PM 1/31/98 GMT, you wrote:
>On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:20:22 -0600 (CST), you said:
>
>>At 02:39 AM 1/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>> Have you ever seen a Zenith "MiniSport"? Uses 2" floppies? I found
>>[...]
>>>do its upload and you've got at least one disk, you can probably
>>>(don't count on it, but probably) attach a parallel Zip drive).
>>
>>Question: when did parallel ports become bi-directional (i.e., useable for
>>zip drives and such)?
>
>I thought they always were bi-directional on IBM-compats. I've run
>Laplink on almost every PC I've ever owned.

   They were bi-directional in nearly all compatables but not in some of
the early IBMs. Most of the clones were built later and used a newer
design that was bi-directional.

   Joe
  
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