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Control system for a multiple mode standard parallel port for a personal computer

US5636348A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 1994
Grant dateJun 3, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4269
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An enhanced parallel port interface increases the bandwidth of a standard parallel port connector while at the same time maintaining backward compatibility with a standard parallel port interface. In order to increase the data transfer rate, the software overhead is substantially reduced by hardware generated signals. As such, the desirability of using a parallel port bus expansion is greatly increased.

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