MicroPrint 45CI HP-IB to parallel converter Question

[geshka]

Hello there.

I've got in my possession HP-IB to Parallel converter MicriPrint 45CI.  Quite an ancient device from company called Intelligent Interfaces. It has parallel DB 25 connector on one side and GPIB-like connector on other side. Ther are few pictures in the internet but not too much if the info overall.

I am wondering  - is that posibile to use this adapter as GPIB to Parallel converter and if so, what kind of SW or driver will work with that

Thanks.

[gslick]

What are you interested in doing, using the parallel port interface of the MicroPrint 45 as a general purpose I/O interface controlled through its HP-IB / GPIB port interface?


If you wanted to go the other direction to control a GPIB interface through a parallel port interface, National Instruments had a GPIB-1284CT box that did that. That product has been obsolete for a long time and might not have been supported beyond DOS and Windows 3.1 drivers. I actually have one of those boxes that I have never bothered trying to use.

[geshka]

So the latter, I guess.

I want to use it to control GBIP devices via parallel port of the PC (which is also obsolete, but  am still using laptop with parallel) .  Anyway, thanks for looking into that.   

[gslick]

What OS are you running on your old laptop? It appears that National Instruments only supported the GPIB-1284CT with NI-488.2 versions released for Windows 3.1, which could also be run up through Windows 95 / 98 / Me, and the GPIB-1284CT was never supported by NI-488.2 versions released for Windows NT / 2000 / XP.

If you happen to be running Windows 95 / 98 / Me on your old laptop and wanted to try getting a GPIB-1284CT to work, I doubt I would ever get around to using the one I have. It would be reasonably cheap to ship it within the US, but might not be worth the shipping cost to Canada.