USB to Parallel Port adapters..

Victragic · Post by **Victragic** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:37 am

I've noticed that there are a few low-cost USB to Parallel port adapters on ebay..

..Will these work with CBM4WIN and an X1541 cable? Does anyone do that to transfer files?

Just lost my 3-year old laptop, looking for ways to transfer to disk....

-G

Doppleganger · Post by **Doppleganger** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:32 pm

Well, if they're anything like the USB to serial adapters, then they should work just fine. I even brought a 4 port serial to USB adapter to C4, which worked fine with TCPSer.

newegg.com and geeks.com both have those adapters, as well as knightdiscounts.com. Don't necessarily have to get one offa ebay.

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:34 am

On the other hand, Marko Mäkelä had quite a few issues with USB to serial adapters working with his C2N232 interface. Only a few USB devices seem to implement RS232 well enough to get it to work. I'm afraid USB parallel adapters might only implement partial parallel functionality as well.

dragos · Post by **dragos** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:02 am

they do not work with cbm4win. the problem is they do not present themselves as a parallel port, but a usb printing device.... they only work with printers.