[ale] Parallel ports

[Wandered Inn]

"Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
> 
> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to put a third parallel port on a
> machine, and if so, how?  My plan is to use the third port for a scanner,
> which I don't wish to drop a bundle on for SCSI.

You can buy an addon board that contains a parallel port.  Generally
they contain two serial, a parellel and sometimes an IDE port.  I bought
one a while back that had all of the above, and you could enable/disable
any or all of the devices with dip switches.  You main issue would
probably be IRQs.

> 
> Alternatively, has anyone used a USB port under Linux?  I noticed that USB
> scanners were more numerous and cheaper than SCSI.

Can't help you with this one.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
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