KH>  KH> Has anyone done 8-bit file transfers via the PC's parallel port?

KH>  TV> Once did it regularly, using a systen called (IIRC) LapLink.
KH>  TV> The program came with a fancy cable with both parallel and serial
KH>  TV> connectors - I MAY even have one of those aruund here somewhere!

KH> Thanks, Terry; I've read conflicting reports re: Laplink being 8-bit.
KH> Perhaps some versions were 4-bit only? Do you remember running across
KH> any cable documentation in Laplink's docs?

Sorry, don't have the docs anymore.

PC printer ports always had 8 data lines, so why would it have been 
only 4-bit?.   Did some implementations have only 4 input lines?




Terry V.
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