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Bboy_Jon
11-07-04, 12:18 PM
ok well i should be getting my 2x16 lcd on monday, i have one parallel port and its for my printer so im gonna buy a usb to parallel cable but should i use it for the printer or the lcd?

doesnt the lcd being in parallel take alot of resources? so would i save some by using it in the usb?

anyway i can make a usb to parallel cable so i can save 15 bucks?
Flip-Mode
11-07-04, 02:29 PM
Just look around for a diagram and you should be able to do it.
Bboy_Jon
11-07-04, 02:55 PM
woah seriously? so its possible? yay i can save 15 bucks!!
Xenocide
11-07-04, 03:03 PM
not gonna happen for the lcd, use the usb to parrallel for printer, but it might not work
Bboy_Jon
11-07-04, 03:22 PM
the printer wouldnt work?

why wouldnt the lcd work?

edit: is there such thing as a parallel adapter that gives you 2 parallel ports? like a multi outlet except with parallel ports?
Xenocide
11-07-04, 03:35 PM
there is an A/B switch, both can't be going at once though
Bboy_Jon
11-07-04, 03:45 PM
o ya heh im stupid, there are the multi outlet type things, data switches haha i forgot

but ya i know the switch would screw that up

why would the usb to parallel not work with the lcd?
zebkoolindc
11-08-04, 07:54 AM
Why are you still using a parallel printer?? I would hook the lcd up to parallel and hook the printer up to usb with a adapter
MODdaBOX
11-08-04, 02:38 PM
you can get a parralel pci card for like $10 at newegg
Bboy_Jon
11-08-04, 03:51 PM
ya somone said theyd sell me a card for 10 bucks shipped, ill check on newegg

why am i using a parallel printer? because i have printers from garage sales so there old
Bboy_Jon
11-08-04, 03:52 PM
ya somone said theyd sell me a card for 10 bucks shipped, ill check on newegg

why am i using a parallel printer? because i have printers from garage sales so there old

with the pci card ill save a usb slot heheh
Mortis03
11-12-04, 02:44 AM
At my old job (internship) we had a plotter/printer that was a parrallel printer. It was pretty new and worked really well. Only thing, besides not being usb, is that it didnt have a network connection.

The company got it for really cheap though, so it was worth it.


Anyway, moral of the story is that parrallel printers are still around