I have an application where I need to control a "blackbox" PC, using
another PC:

     Serial   Keyboard
[PC1]=====[PIC]=====>[BlackBox PC]
            ^--------------/
            Printer Port

basically, PC1 sends scancodes to be sent to the PIC, serially, the PIC
controls the Keyboard input of the "BlackBox PC", entering commands, and
then printing to the computer's LPT port, the PIC then gets this data, and
returns it to PC1 serially...

it seems that i'll need:

2 wires for serial
2 wires for keyboard interface
10 wires for LPT port (printer emulation)

has anybody done this before? or anything similar...


Thank you! any views would be appreciated...
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