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from: David Schmenk
date: 2008-04-30 08:32:22
subject: Re: Grappler+ as IO card?

aiiadict{at}gmail.com wrote:
> On Apr 29, 11:13 am, Sir Morris  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'd like to hook my ][e up to my PCs parallel port. One of the cards
>> it came with is a Grappler+. I understand this is a parallel printer
>> interface but what I've been unable to find out is if it's
>> bidirectional.
>>
>> Does anyone have any info on this card? Schematics would be the
>> ultimate but a technical manual might be sufficient.
>>
> 
> the only bi-directional parallel card I know of is the Apple Parallel
> Interface Card...
> 
> 

I think a few people figured this out, have you noticed what they go for 
on ePay?  Its easier and more flexible to just plug a 6522 (pretty cheap 
from JDR) into a LittleProto board.  BTW, the LittleProto board rocks.

Dave...
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