John Higginbotham wrote:
 At 09:20 PM 1/30/98 -0600, you wrote:
 Question:  when did parallel ports become
bi-directional (i.e., useable for
zip drives and such)? 
 I've seen bi-directional capability in the BIOS of a GRiD 286 desktop
 before. Before that, I can't really say.
 >Or, to put it another way, how likely would I be able to (ignoring software
 >issues for the moment) hook up my new SyJet drive to say, my m100?  What
 >about my DG-1? 
I'd _love_ to be able to use one of my Zip drives with my Mod 100s,
but of course I'd have to program a DOS -- not one of my skills.
Wouldn't mind attaching one to my TRS-80 4p or 6000HD either, but
I'm a mere Unix sysadmin these days who programs mostly in the shell
and (I'm still learning it) PERL.
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                        before they're allowed to be free?
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