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EPP
Enhanced Parallel Port
A new hardware and software innovation (and now a standard) which allows computers so equipped to send data out their parallel port at twice the speed of older parallel ports, i.e. those that came on the original IBM PC.
The EPP conforms to the EPP standard developed by the IEEE 1284 standards committee. The EPP specification transforms a parallel port into an expansion bus that theoretically can handle up to 64 disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, and other mass-storage devices.
EPPs are rapidly gaining acceptance as inexpensive means to connect portable drives to notebook computers.
A new hardware and software innovation (and now a standard) which allows computers so equipped to send data out their parallel port at twice the speed of older parallel ports, i.e. those that came on the original IBM PC.
The EPP conforms to the EPP standard developed by the IEEE 1284 standards committee. The EPP specification transforms a parallel port into an expansion bus that theoretically can handle up to 64 disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, and other mass-storage devices.
EPPs are rapidly gaining acceptance as inexpensive means to connect portable drives to notebook computers.
Sites in EPP
Free Online Dictionary of Computing
Explains what EPP is with hyperlinks to additional information.
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.
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.
EPP Printer Port
Enhanced Parallel Port pin-out from Computer Tips.
Ian Harries Documents and Information
Interfacing to the IBM-PC Parallel Printer Port. |
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