Re: OT - limitation of PC's parallel port (was: Logic analyzer)

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Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know what is the (most) limitating factor when using the PC's 
> parallel port? Is it the usage of I/O address space, or the usage of the 
> ISA bus? I could obtain a PCI card for testing, but I don't want to spend 
> so much money (these are really expensive!) if I don't know if this makes 
> a significant change.
> 

I don't know any details, but googling for "pci parallel port" returns 
quite a few interesting results with cards ranging from $14 - $79, most 
of them claiming to be 3 times faster than ISA-based cards / supporting 
a transfer rate of 2MB/s, whatever that means...

-- 
Christer Palm


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