LPT port

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ECP / EPP
whats the diff and which is better?

Thanks,
Wil

[NDC]

There are three modes which are SPP (Standard Parallel Port) / EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) / ECP (Extended Capabilities Mode).

EPP and ECP are the same speed. These ports can output at around 1-2 megabytes per second,but the ECP port has the advantage of using DMA channels and FIFO buffers, thus data can be shifted around without using I/O instructions.

[This message has been edited by NDC (edited 09-30-2000).]

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thank you