On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:41:50PM -0500, Scott Newell wrote: > Yep, there's no easy replacement for a parallel port. It's the closest > thing we have to a standardized geek port. It is bad geek port. It is much better to figure out something else. Use an AVR chip or a Luminary Micro Stellaris (ARM MCU that is under $3 in single pieces) or buy a USB -> parallel module (not parallel port, but something that can do 8 or 16 in/outs).