Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 17 Oct 2004 14:18:31 +0200 | | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | | Subject | Re: I/O card vs linux | |
On Sat, 2004-10-16 04:23:43 -0400, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
wrote in message <200410160423.43597.gene.heskett@verizon.net>:
> Greetings;
>
> This may be OT, but can anyone advise me on a pci card thats basicly
> an 8255 with a 34 pin or greater port on the card or back panel to
> bring out all 3 ports, and a suitable linux compatible driver for it?
For input? Output? Both? In the output-only with low "bandwith" being
okay, just think about attaching a number of serial-in-parallel-out
shift registers to your parport. I use something like that for switching
on and off computers...
MfG, JBG
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