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Everyone thinks USB killed this 66-year-old PC port (but it secretly runs the modern world)

This 66-year-old precursor to USB refuses to become obsolete ...
Electronic Design

Use The PC's Parallel Port For Fast Data Acquisition And Control

Many designers require that their PCs act as complete control systems without any internal hardware. For this function, users need at least one channel of analog data acquisition to monitor the ...
Ars Technica

Last model Thinkpad that had real RS232 and DB25 parallel ports?

My X31 had a parallel port, and there was a serial port on the optional UltraBase. I've never seen the UltraBase in person, but I expect it makes the X31 one thick but tiny footprint beast. I think PC ...
EDN

PC Oscilloscope via LPT Port

The oscilloscope utilizes the SPP or EPP parallel port LPT1 for reading the data from ADC0820 (TLC0820). The program will automatically switch the LPT1 in byte mode or normal mode if the LPT is an ECP ...