17 March 2006, 11:25 | #1 |
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Parallel port emulation
Has any more work been done on parallel port emulation? For those who do not have an ethernet connection a Parnet / Pronet connection to their PC could help them transfer their files to the real amiga.
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17 March 2006, 11:31 | #2 |
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PC parellel port can't support parnet-style connection. (PC port's status pins are either input or output but parnet for example requires bidirectional Paper Out -signal)
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17 March 2006, 12:06 | #3 |
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Alexh, by using PC2Amiga (aminet) you can get a quite good Par-transfer. it's a fiddle to set up under Win2k and newer, but it's quite allright for WinME and below.
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17 March 2006, 15:36 | #4 |
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Ok, so BUSY, PAPER OUT, SEL are all bidirectional on the Amiga, and inputs only on the PC in all modes?
Hmmm. Looking at the ParNet cable http://pinouts.ru/data/ParNet_pinout.shtml And looking at the PC SPP pinouts http://www.technick.net/public/code/...pinconpar_pc#2 I wonder if a workaround could be created by cross connecting pins 14, 16 and 18? I dont know if you have that kind of low level control of the printer port. I guess it's not worth thinking about. For A1200/A600 a PCMCIA ethernet solution is cheaper than a custom cable. I was really only thinking about superior transfer performance than serial for transferring to and from A500's. |
18 March 2006, 09:17 | #5 |
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BUSY, PAPER OUT = input
SEL = output And no, it isn't worth the trouble.. |
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Not sure if the latest laptop PCs still have a parallel port. There isn't any on the Dell recent laptops (but there are quite a lot of USB2 ports ) |
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20 March 2006, 17:19 | #9 |
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You are right, SEL is input.
Lets try again.. Input: BUSY, PAPEROUT, SEL, ACK Output: DRDY BUSY, PAPEROUT and SEL are bidirectional in Amiga. |
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