2010/1/18 Udi Finkelstein <linux...@udif.com> > I have an old universal programmer (i.e. for programming > Flash/PLD/Microcontroller chips) that is parallel port based. > Since new computers with a parallel port are harder to come by (if at all), > I'm looking for a solution that will let me use it with a USB connection. > > Is there a solution that involves a USB to parallel cable, >
Yes, there are few of thous. > and a virtualization software that traps HW parallel port accesses and > emulate them through the USB<>parallel interface? > In linux it's a terminal based device, so you need to map it to a non serial device and you should be able to work with it. > > The control program for the above programmer only runs under W2000 or DOS, > but the virtualization solution can run under Linux. > > thanks, > Udi > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > Ido
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