On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 10:41:30AM -0400, M Sweger wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have an external 56K modem that has an Rs-232 serial port. I also
> have an external parallel port Zip drive. Here is what I want to do.
>
> 1) Can I attach to the modem or zip drive a parallel to centronics
> printer port connection adaptor, then use a Belkin centronics
> to USB converter device so in essence I'm making my parallel port able
> to work on a USB bus?
>
> Is linux, using the USB driver, able to recognize this and work
> with the associated modem and zip kernel drivers without problem?
I don't know about this. I don't think that anyone has tried. Any volunteers?
>
> 2). Now do the oppposite. That is, suppose I bought a USB modem and zip
> drive that I want to connect to a friends old RS-232/parallel port
> that doesn't have any USB stuff? I get a parallel/serial port to
> centronics printer adaptor, then connect a Belkin centronics to USB
> converter device. Then I plug my USB modem and zip into this USB
> connector.
>
> Will this work? and with linux parallel/serial s/w drivers so that
> it doesn't know a USB is present?
>
No, the usb-parallel device only goes one way: from USB to Parallel. Can't
go the other way. Same for the usb to serial converters. There are very
cheap USB PCI host controller cards for computers that don't have USB
support.
For any other Linux USB specific questions, you might try the linux-usb
mailing list. Info on it, and lots of other linux USB stuff can be found at
http://www.linux-usb.org/
greg k-h
greg@kroah.com
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