BBC printer port (ever used for anything else?)

[Dave Woodman]

Tony Duell wrote:

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>So has anyone ever heard of the Beeb printer port being used for 
>something other than a parallel printer?
>
When I was a student we used to have BBCs driving lathes, through, I 
seem to recall, the printer port.
The software used had a lathe simulator that let you check your sequence 
(thus saving expensive
cutting tool costs) before performing a real run.

It is so long ago that only the letters CNC remained in the bucket - 
enough, though, to find this
http://www.pilotltd.net/lathe.htm

    Cheers,

       Dave.