Beyond the Printer: Storage, Sound and Video on DB25

When LPT was the universal expansion bus: Iomega Zip and SyQuest drives, parallel-port CD-ROM readers, 1997 video capture, AdLib synthesis and a Sound Blaster clone — all through the printer socket.

Playlist by @parallel_port_history

13 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. LGR Oddware - The Iomega ZIP Drive Experience — LGR
2. Ad-Lib Sound Card for the Parallel Port — The 8-Bit Guy
3. Remember Zip Disks? - Failed Storage Tech — Techquickie
4. LGR Oddware - Digispeech Plus: Sound Blaster Over Parallel — LGR
5. LGR - Fixing & Installing a Parallel Port CD-ROM — LGR
6. The Tragic End of Iomega: The $7 Billion Zip Drive Giant That Ruled PC Storage Then Destroyed Itself — The Fatal Board
7. 1997: How We Captured Video via Parallel Printer Port — LGR
8. Killed By Zip: The Rise and Fall of SyQuest — This Does Not Compute
9. AdLib Sound Card Over Parallel! The OPL2LPT — LGR
10. The Iomega Zip Drive: Exploring The Unsung Hero of 90's Data Storage — Dan Wood
11. 100MB Floppy from the 90's: Parallel Iomega Zip 100 — 8-Bit Retro Journal
12. Retro Tech - IBM PC Convertible Printer — Retro Steam Tech
13. ZIP drive connected to the parallel port under DOS - #DOScember — David Beem