>
>I'm just frustrated that it's going to take upwards of $25 USD per board
>to get a simple USB interface. There are many more USB to serial cables
>then there are USB to parallel port cables.
>
>Just poking around Ebay I found this:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3709&item=6713765888&rd=1
>
>Seems interesting and even though it's $50 USD it may serve as a bridge
>for those of us who are not yet willing to give up on parallel or serial.

Usually, on these devices, it's impossible to twiddle the parallel port bits.
They should be called printer ports, rather than parallel.
If that's true of this device, then you're left with a single serial, and a 
hub.

Look under "edgeport", this is what I use. They make 1/2/4/8 port models, 
but I don't see much point in the 1 or 2 port versions.  8 serial ports can 
usually be had on ebay for <$100.
They have nice features WRT keeping windows from "helping" you too much, 
and are well behaved.


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