Will any AM2+ motherboards have a Parallel port?

[neothe0ne]

I really do need a parallel port. Does anyone know if AM2+ boards are phasing them out?

 

[NXIL]

Dear Neo,

not sure if parallel ports are going to be phased out on all AM2+ boards, but, if the board you decide you want does not have a parallel port, a PCI add in card of good quality is about $12 or so, and, there are now PCIe cards X1) for those little X1 slots that no one ever uses.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...1009%2CN82E16815201012

Does look like parallel ports are definitely on the way out....like floppies....

HTH

NXIL

 

[neothe0ne]

The problem with parallel cards for PCIe X1 is that they cost $40+ and have no track records to go with them. Not my idea of attractive...

 

[Peter]

USB-parport dongle it is then. $7.

 

[renethx]

NVIDIA nForce 700a Series chipset still has an IDE controller. Then perhpas it has a LPC I/F to which Super I/O controller is connected. The same applies to AMD SB700/750.

Edited

I checked the manual of TF560 A2+. NForce 560 supports LPC interface and the board has internal parallel/serial port connectors. So what you need is a paraller port bracket.

 

[Peter]

There are no chipsets (yet) that dispose of the LPC interface, and none that can't run a legacy parallel port on LPC (as part of a super I/O chip) either.

It's just that the /need/ for having such a port has been rapidly dwindling over the past couple of years, and that the LPT port is the number one space hog on the ATX panel. Sum these two facts up, and you know why it's (finally) disappearing in favor of more useful things like DVI, digital audio, more USB, etc. whatever.

 

[NXIL]

Dear Peter,

good call on the USB to parallel adapter: $7 or so, lots of choices:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...0015%2CN82E16812200142

Um, Neo, as far as the PCIe1x adapter not having a track record: um, it's a parallel port , I think it has like 25 lines going in and out.....not a Sun Niagara 2 8 core 64 thread with 4 dual channel memory controllers..... PCIe1X1: I think the odds are pretty good it will work, and for $30 bucks and up, it should (a rip off, I agree....)

http://www.informationweek.com...23&articleID=201200377

NX