[rescue] Slightly OT: ?Bad Cap Saga

[Joshua Boyd]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:41:50PM -0500, Scott Newell wrote:

> Yep, there's no easy replacement for a parallel port.  It's the closest
> thing we have to a standardized geek port.

It is bad geek port.  It is much better to figure out something else.
Use an AVR chip or a Luminary Micro Stellaris (ARM MCU that is under $3
in single pieces) or buy a USB -> parallel module (not parallel port,
but something that can do 8 or 16 in/outs).