July 4th, 2008: A trip down memory lane Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:29:59 -0700 A 1 question civics quiz Today American's celebrate the Declaration of Independence, the legal foundation of the USA and, after the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States. I revere the Constitution as a magnificent piece of political engineering. But it... Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware? Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:11:01 -0700 The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG. Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer. AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer. This pre-crawling is flooding websites with... Beaches and BBQs vs. Blackberrys: Holiday weekends of the IT set Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:48:48 -0700 "Weekend? What's a weekend?" While the rest of the country is escaping their offices for a leisurely weekend, many in IT could end up back at theirs at the beep of a Blackberry. by Deb Perelman Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:52:00 -0700 If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security. Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see... First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:01:09 -0700 On Saturday the first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" was made available for download. So what's new on the horizon for Ubuntu users? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:24:20 -0700 It's getaway day and as we prepare to hit the road, trudge through airport security and snag that car rental, spare a thought for the valuable data that travels with you on that trusty old laptop. According to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute, more than...
Ian Harries Documents and Information - Interfacing to the IBM-PC Parallel Printer Port.
Meta Description: [ Interfacing to the IBM-PC Parallel Printer Port ]
Parallel Port Background - As technology progressed and the need for greater external connectivity increased, the parallel port became the means by which you could connect higher performance peripherals.
Meta Description: [ Background information on the parallel port. ]
Parallel Port Central - A collection of files and links to material about the PCs parallel port, including ECP, EPP, bidirectional, and IEEE-1284 modes (and other I/O ports as well). From Jan Axelson.