68300

The Centronics parallel interface is very easy to implement. One past 
implementation for driving daisy wheel printers used the SGS/Thompson 
or  Hitachi 6821 PIA with some 74ls240 buffers. 74ls373 or 74ls374 
latching buffers could also be used. Be aware there are various 
handshaking protocols. Some are very easy and some are a pain to 
implement but not all that difficult.

Mike Turner
Simpsonville, SC

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:02:11 +0100
  "Zeller, Joachim" <Joachim.Zeller@...> wrote:
>Hello List,
>
>I've to design an Board with a CPU 68340 and Centronics Interface for
>printers. 
>Have anybody of you an idea how to realizing this.
>The actual idea is to use a PIA to have enough I/O's.
>Have you an idea which PIA can be used for this.
>I've found a PIA in older Designs but this one isn't an actual 
>product an will not be produced.
>Are there some ohter possibilities with IC's to realize the 
>Centronics interface.
>
>Thanks to all who can help me.
>
>Jo
>:-)