Conecting new printer to a 286

[Tony Duell]

> It's a shame really that the USB->Printer protocol, is a closed paid for 
>   standard, as it should be really simple to use a USB enabled 
> microcontroler to sit on the paralell port and interface it to a USB 
> printer.

You know, I really did prefer it when the printer manual included a 
pinout and timing diagram for the (Centronics-ish) interface. There was 
no problme driving that from anything I wanted to use with it...

I really wonder how USB has 'improved' things for the likes of us :-)

-tony