Serial Port to parallel port conversion

[ragsman]

My wife's laptop does not have a serial port. Her steno machine only works through a serial port. I found a parallel to serial converter (hardware) but the port needs to be recognized and converted to a COM port for the software/hardware to see it (It doesn't recognize LPT as a port)

Are there any parallel to serial converison programs, or drivers, I can use, or should I just buy a usb serial adapter?

Thank you!

Mark

 

[vailr]

Try the CMOS BIOS setting for the parallel port. May need to be switched to "ECP Parallel port" to enable both send and receive function.

 

[ragsman]

I've done that. The software doesn't recognize the LPT port as a com, since it's not serial. Just wondering if there was a way to convert to serial, to fool the software into thinking it was a serial port.

 

[ViRGE]

The odds are you found a 25 pin to 9 pin serial adapter, not a Parallel-Serial converted. AFAIK, unless such a device exists, you will need to buy a USB serial adapter.