Date   : Fri, 17 Dec 1999 05:14:56 -0800 (PST)
From   : Matt Callow <mattcallow@...>
Subject: Fwd: Re: ZIP drives for BBCs

--- John Richardson <j.m.richardson@...>
 wrote:
 > > > I have been thinking recently about trying to
 > use an
 > > > Iomega ZIP drive (parallel port version) with
 a
 > BBC.
 > >
 > > Is the Beeb's parallel interface bidirectional?
 If
 > not, I'm not sure it'd
 > > work.
 > 
 > No it isn't. And nor was any Acorn's until around
 > the A5000/A4. So you
 > couldn't use the parallel port. But could one use
 > something else - the user
 > port, the Disc Drive port etc.
 > 
The printer port is just half of a 6522 VIA, so it
should be bi-directional.  But I was thinking of
 using the user port.
 
Matt
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Thousands of Stores.  Millions of Products.  All in
> one place.
> Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
> 

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Thousands of Stores.  Millions of Products.  All in one place.
Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com