"Jasen Betts" bravely wrote to "THURSTON ACKERMAN" (21
Sep 04  14:07:50)
 --- on the heady topic of "8-bit LPT cable"

 JB> Hello THURSTON.

 JB> 19 Sep 04 23:43, you wrote to KEN HRYNCHUK:

 TA> The LapLink Everywhere Deluxe Gold I bought in Feb. 2003 requires
 TA> a Win 98 or higher; suggesting possible 16-bit.


 JB> 16 bit what?  there's not 16 addressable pins on a printer port.


INDEED! No 16 bit printer port...

BTW I re-read some of the docs for the laplinkpro. I had some of the
details muddled when I replied to the original poster.

Paraphrasing: when LLpro is started it tests the port and will
fallback to 4 bit mode if it can't use the accelerated mode (8 bit).

So there you go. I had confused "turbo" for
"accelerated" and wrongly
guessed the default was 4 bit mode. I never used LLpro often enough.
BTW Cat5 is very fast but plugging in a drive is instantaneous!

 M*i*k*e

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