Parallel Port Cards and LinuxCNC

After creating Episode 10 in the video series of LinuxCNC for the Home Hobbyist, I learned that not all parallel port cards are equal.  In fact, some are really only parallel ports in name only.  These ports were actually serial ports that shift data, the best I can tell anyway, to an onboard parallel port.  These functions being handled by the driver.  LinuxCNC on the other hand requires a bona fide parallel port to work.  Here I hope to create a list of cards that both work and do not work with LinuxCNC.  I am hoping to do this with the help of the LinuxCNC community.  It is my desire that this list eventually help someone from inadvertently buying a card that will not work for their purposes.

Looking for participants

If you would like to participate in adding hardware to this list please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. the card information you have, including the Vendor ID, Device ID (Both found using lspsi -nn from the command line.  The chipset, Manufacturer and Model of the card.  The chipset can be found by reading the numbers silk screened on the chip on the card.  And finally, if the card works with LinuxCNC.

Parallel Port Card List

The following table list parallel port cards that are known to work with and not to work with LinuxCNC.  Lines with green fields work, while lines in the table with red fields do not.  If you card is not listed, please consider emailing me with the pertinent information and I will add it.