K8031 general questions

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1

Hi,
i’m interested in buying the K8031, anyway I would like to have some info.

  1. Is it possible to use it with a pcmcia parallel port adapter? This is a must, since I plan to use it with a laptop.
  2. Is a detailed documentation of the parallel port communication protocol available?

Thanks!

2

Most probably the K8031 doesn’t work with the PCMCIA card.
Please see the following threads for more info:

Sorry, no detailed description of the LPT port communication available.

3

I don’t understand your answer. You say that “Most probably the K8031 doesn’t work with the PCMCIA card”, but from the threads you point to seems like the contrary. As I understand from these topics, as long as the parallel port on the pcmcia card has a physical IO address and you can enter it into the software, it should work… Just confirm me if I understand right. And, ok, usb is out of discussion.

4

Yes, it may work if the PCMCIA adapter supports direct hardware access to the LPT port.

5

So can you confirm that software is able to access IO addersses like FF00-FFFF, FE00-FEFF that are typical for cardbus lpt adapters?

6

On the startup screen of the PCLAB2000SE software it is possible to enter the port address in hexadecimal form. So, it is possible to enter e.g. FF01.

7

Thanks very much for your help!