With the continuing manufacture of new computers, there is a clear and obvious trend of the parallel port becoming less and less common. For our younger readers; the parallel port is an interface ...

Anyone know? I wanted to get something semi-rugged for a friends CNC setup, or at least something that's easy to get a skin for the keyboard. Thinkpad stuff is usually easier to find. I suppose a ...

I'd probably get a USB to serial (RS-232) adapter and then stick a serial to parallel adapter on the end of it. Long time ago I bought a USB to parallel port adapter cable to use with an old HP laser ...