Trying to find a good PCIe parallel port card is very hit or miss, generally 
more miss than hit.  It's much safer to either stick with PCI bus for a PP 
adapter or just buy a Mesa PCIe or ethernet card and put the 7i43 on the shelf.

Todd Zuercher
P. Graham Dunn Inc.
630 Henry Street 
Dalton, Ohio 44618
Phone:  (330)828-2105ext. 2031

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From: gene heskett <[email protected]> 
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 7:08 PM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] motherboard that plays well with 7i43

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On Sunday, January 30, 2022 4:47:15 PM EST Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> The difficulty is finding a PCIe parallel port card that does the 
> Enhanced Parallel Port protocol (EPP) correctly and reliability.
>
> When I last looked into it, years ago, the situation was terrible:
> manufacturers would make parallel port cards with totally different 
> chipsets and behaviors, sold under the same model name.  It was 
> impossible to tell.

This is no guarantee, Seb is correct, but I've had better luck in most depts 
with startech branded stuff.

> >Is there any disadvantage to placing a PCIe-based Parallel port card 
> >on a normal PC?
> >
> >On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 11:36 AM andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 at 18:18, dave engvall <[email protected]>
wrote:
> >> > I'm looking for users that are actually using a motherboard with 
> >> > a
> >> > 7i43 and can recommend candidate boards from experience. Thanks 
> >> > in advance.
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