Hello,
I want to take advantage of bidirectional LPT ports.
Which version of 8bit cable is correct(is better)?
a) taken from /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt
 
STROBE->BUSY 1 - 11
D0->D0      2 - 2
D1->D1      3 - 3
D2->D2      4 - 4
D3->D3      5 - 5
D4->D4      6 - 6
D5->D5      7 - 7
D6->D6      8 - 8
D7->D7      9 - 9
INIT -> ACK  16 - 10
AUTOFD->PAPOUT 14 - 12
SLCT->SLCTIN 13 - 17
GND->ERROR  18 - 15
extra grounds are 19*,20*,21*,22*,23*,24*
GROUND      25 - 25
b) taken from ibmlpt.txt
Side 1   Pin     dir     Pin    Side 2   connection
------   ---     ---     ---    ------   ----------
D0       2      <=>*     2      D0      direct
D1       3      <=>*     3      D1      direct
D2       4      <=>*     4      D2      direct
D3       5      <=>*     5      D3      direct
D4       6      <=>*     6      D4      direct
D5       7      <=>*     7      D5      direct
D6       8      <=>*     8      D6      direct
D7       9      <=>*     9      D7      direct
C0-      1       =>     13      S4+     inverted
C1-     14       =>     12      S5+     inverted
C2+     16       =>     10      S6+     direct
C3-     17       =>     11      S7-     direct
S4+     13      <=       1      C0-     inverted
S5+     12      <=      14      C1-     inverted
S6+     10      <=      16      C2+     direct
S7-     11      <=      17      C3-     direct
Gnd     25      ===     25      Gnd     (ground)
Witold Filipczyk
                                                                                                                               
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