I've written small code snippets which seem to suggest that software from
DOS can easily drive the ECP/EPP ports. I'd assume the same is true of USB,
though one would have to create or acquire it somehow. That would make it
quite task-specific.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: OT: A call to arms (sort of)
>On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>>>From what I understand, those will all be irrelevant by year's end, as
the
>>evolving standard for PC2000 will have NO expansion slots at all. There
are
>>already plenty with no ISA slots. My GPIB hardware is NI, and I had to
>>build my own parallel I/O hardware.
>
>Well, it's always possible to make an external USB->GPIB adapter. Of
>course, you'd be forced to use an OS which supports USB, and that
>eliminates DOS and various other small operating systems (which might be
>preferrable in many situations).
>
>--Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
> http://scivault.hypermart.net: Ignorance is Impotence - Knowledge is
Power
>
>
Received on Mon Jul 05 1999 - 11:12:29 BST