Back in 1998 I had my Amiga connected to the PC via a parallel cable wired like the attached, and I could transfer data. This used to work fine when PCs had "real" parallel ports. I am wondering if this might still be possible (with an old Amiga, still only parallel as "high speed" option), but using these current inexpensive USB-parallel adapters on the PC side, of which you see so many on Amazon, etc. Are they all the same under the hood, or are there some chip or other differences that a worthy of knowledge?
For example,
this one claims "Bi-directional parallel interface communication (IEEE 1284)"
I see that most of these devices say they do not even need a driver. I am willing to write some code, but I wonder if Windows 10 supports them in a way that will allow API-level bidirectional I/O?
More importantly, is the hardware on these "adapters" really bidirectional enough to support a Laplink-like data transfer connection, or is that barely enough to detect a "paper out" status?
Thanks!
