> Hence another option is needed if someone is interested in just wiggling
> some
> pins from their PC just enough to get a part programmed to bootstrap
> something
> else.

Is there any standardization in USB-to-parallel converters? Because it
seems to me that "wiggling", in general, is a useful thing. Not just for
pic programmers, but for JTAG, testing LCDs, etc. And sevral pins of
wiggling, not just two or three.

So the parallel port vacuum will get stronger and stronger until something
fills it.

Two years ago when I bought my laptop, I also bought a pcmcia parallel
port card. It was expensive, but it's a real parallel port. I imagine in
the future someone will make a USB version that takes hold in the
marketplace and be more affordable.

Cheerful regards,

Bob


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