[rescue] Parallel ports [was Re: Slightly OT: ?Bad Cap Saga]

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 04:22:02PM -0400, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
>The final word on Parallel ports is...
>
>We need a chip that costs $2 each, that comes in a DIP package, and has
>16 DIO in and 16 DIO out. And is cheap, like the FTDI serial thingys.

http://www.zilog.com/products/family.asp?fam=215

There's got to be one of them that's close enough.

I'm not sure of the single chip price, but a development kit for some
of the versions is $40.

Geoff.

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