I need a few good old laptop PCs that have Parallel Ports

[Terry McCarty - WA5NTI]

Mike -

Thanks for the note.

The honest answer to your question as to why I was going with an antique 
parallel port solution is - "ignorance".  I did not know that these 
USB-to-JTAG interfaces existed.

In fact, several people have responded to my email with specific 
suggestions as to a USB solution. They have suggested the following:

http://www.diygadget.com/tiao-usb-multi-protocol-adapter-lite-jtag-spi-i2c-serial.html

I have ordered one of these USB "gizmos" and will see how it works.  I 
hope to have it in hand by the end of this week so I can start the 
learning process.

73
de

-- 
     Terry McCarty
    3t3 at comcast.net
        wa5nti



Mike O'Dell wrote:

>USB-to-JTAG interafces with decent APIs are commonly available.
>i don't see why you need to bit-boff it through
>an antique parallel port.
>
>   -mo
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