IEEE 1284: The Standard Nobody Fully Read

SPP, EPP, ECP, nibble and byte modes — the 1994 standard that tried to turn a one-way printer port into a bidirectional bus, and the handshake lines that made it work.

Playlist by @parallel_port_history

5 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Interface IEEE-1284 — ChipDipvideo
2. Parallel Port — ChipDipvideo
3. Parallel port — all the knowledge of the universe PRINCIPIA
4. IEEE 1284 — Audiopedia
5. How Did the Parallel Port Become the Essential Connection of Early Personal Computers? — Technological Origins