Talk:LPT

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Re origin of LPT, I believe that this terminology in DOS descended from DEC systems.

On the DECsystem-10, at least, LPT represented the line printer (along with CDR for card reader, CDP for card punch, DSK for disk, PTR for paper tape reader, PTP for paper tape punch, DTA for DECtape, etc.). Jim 04:41, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Is there a de-facto standard transmission rate? I was under the impression that the protocol was synchronous and not fixed-speed. 75.162.64.104 06:16, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with Parallel port

In my opinion the LPT port and parallel port are synonyms. Moreover, the content in both articles is almost the same,

And I'd like to point out that we already have an article about Parallel communications for the general concept, that's another reason why I think that LPT and Parallel port articles should be merged. --Francisco Castro 14:02, 13 November 2007 (UTC)