On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:30:05PM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 04:22:02PM -0400, Ethan O'Toole wrote: > >The final word on Parallel ports is... > > > >We need a chip that costs $2 each, that comes in a DIP package, and has > >16 DIO in and 16 DIO out. And is cheap, like the FTDI serial thingys. > > http://www.zilog.com/products/family.asp?fam=215 > > There's got to be one of them that's close enough. > > I'm not sure of the single chip price, but a development kit for some > of the versions is $40. Those chips are quiet expensive. In quantities of over 100 units, they are still $4.36-$6.34 each. Personally, I'd vote for giving up on DIPs. If you want DIPs for easy prototyping, get a stash SMT breakout boards and solder them on.