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From: beckman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Peter Beckman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Parallel Port != SCSI
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.133416.5180@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 91 18:34:11 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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Although external SCSI ports are becoming more popular, there seems to
be a market niche for portable devices using the parallel port to
transfer data to laptops.  I've seen parallel port ethernet
adapters, modems, and even floppy drives.  

How fast can you drive a parallel port?  I can understand fast data
output, but what about input from ethernet adapters?
** Has anyone seen a parallel port tape backup?  I would REALLY like one. **
-Pete  beckman@copper.ucs.indiana.edu