On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, ephemeron wrote:
>I remember reading somewhere that the slower IDE devices (zip, LS-120) can be
>connected externally to the parallel port. IDE devices are much cheaper than
>their parport cousins. There is an obvious benefit to being able to
>connect an internal zip drive (costs less by a half) to the parallel port.
>
>Does anybody know how this is done? Or is this possible only through special
>drivers.
You'll need to buy something like the H45 Quickdrive (www.h45.com) -
basically a case with a special combined IDE controller and parallel
port interface chip and a power supply. (It can handle two harddisks just
fine - I've tested. It'll overflow the case, of course, which is made for
one.)
Then, you'll need to use the kernel paride drivers. parport_pc + epat + pd
(for harddisks and similar) + pcd (for cdroms) + pf (for zip, ls-120) + pg
(cd-burners and similar)
Note that over a standard modern parallel port, tha fastest you expect
stably in my experience is 5-600 kb/s. In theory and when the moon phase
is right, up to a megabyte a second.
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