Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] How many LPT ports from a PCI slot?

At 11:03 AM 2/13/02 -0500, you wrote:

>How many parallel ports can be accessed from one PCI slot? I have
>seen 2 parallel ports on one card, but can you get 3? I'm
>wondering if I could somehow get one of those all-in-one PC's with
>a single PCI slot, to work with IndexerLPT, which will need 3
>parallel ports. Actually making/obtaining the card is another
>issue....

It seems you could get more parallel ports from one PCI slot, but
physically there isn't enough room on the face of the card for more than 2.
If you got a dual parallel PCI card plus the slot you already have you'd
have 3. Some PC cases have openings in the back for more than one parallel
port. You need to get the type that has a bit of ribbon that connects to
the motherboard and attach that to the back of the case to get 2 in the
case and 2 on a card for 4 total. Leaving one for your printer and 3 for
the CNC.

Monte