LPT1 convert to serial com port?

I have an IBM Thinkpad with USB and parallel ports but no serial data port.

Any quick/easy way to convert LPT1 to a serial DB9 port? I tried using a
25-pin to 9-pin adaptor but no comms. Thanks - sorry if this is the wrong
discussion board. Scott

"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
Albert Einstein http://www.hitxp.com/quotes/einstein.htm

I might have found out on Google at http://www.lvr.com/parport.htm
Thanks - Scott
"Scott Lane" wrote in message
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I have an IBM Thinkpad with USB and parallel ports but no serial data port.

Any quick/easy way to convert LPT1 to a serial DB9 port? I tried using a
25-pin to 9-pin adaptor but no comms. Thanks - sorry if this is the
wrong discussion board. Scott

"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
Albert Einstein http://www.hitxp.com/quotes/einstein.htm

That site certainly seems to have everything you ever wanted to know about
the parallel port, except, AFAICT, for how to convert it to a serial port.
Probably because there is no quick and easy way. The LPTCAP device listed
there has nothing to do with serial ports. You would need a bidirectional
parallel/serial converter, such as
https://store.mgram.com.au/pdfs/SXP1000.PDF
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Scott Lane" wrote in message
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I might have found out on Google at http://www.lvr.com/parport.htm
Thanks - Scott
"Scott Lane" wrote in message
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I have an IBM Thinkpad with USB and parallel ports but no serial data
port.

Any quick/easy way to convert LPT1 to a serial DB9 port? I tried using a
25-pin to 9-pin adaptor but no comms. Thanks - sorry if this is the
wrong discussion board. Scott

"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
Albert Einstein http://www.hitxp.com/quotes/einstein.htm