Bandwidth.

Feb 28, 2018

My 24-hour day as a broken parallel port with only a single pin active at any given time.

                      ____
                     /    \
   STROBE  <-->  1   | o   \
                     |   o |  14  <-->  Line feed
       D0  <---  2   | o   |
                     |   o |  15  <---  Error
       D1  <---  3   | o   |
                     |   o |  16  <-->  RESET
       D2  <---  4   | o   |
                     |   o |  17  <-->  Select Printer
       D3  <---  5   | o   |
                     |   o |  18  ----  GND
       D4  <---  6   | o   |
                     |   o |  19  ----  GND
       D5  <---  7   | o   |
                     |   o |  20  ----  GND
       D6  <---  8   | o   |
                     |   o |  21  ----  GND
       D7  <---  9   | o   |
                     |   o |  22  ----  GND
      ACK  --->  10  | o   |
                     |   o |  23  ----  GND
     BUSY  --->  11  | o   |
                     |   o |  24  ----  GND
Paper Out  --->  12  | o   |
                     |   o |  25  ----  GND
   Select  --->  13  | o   /
                     \____/
Pin No (DB25) Signal name Description Direction Register - bit Inverted
1 Strobe Morning routine; breakfast In/Out Control-0 Yes
2 Data0 Work Out Data-0 No
3 Data1 Work Out Data-1 No
4 Data2 Work Out Data-2 No
5 Data3 Work; Lunch Out Data-3 No
6 Data4 Lunch; Work Out Data-4 No
7 Data5 Work Out Data-5 No
8 Data6 Work Out Data-6 No
9 Data7 Work Out Data-7 No
10 Ack Acknowledge the world; news; email. In Status-6 No
11 Busy In-between moments; none of your business et cetera. In Status-7 Yes
12 Paper-Out Tidy up; prepare for the next day; homework In Status-5 No
13 Select Time with family. In Status-4 No
14 Linefeed Evening routine; dinner In/Out Control-1 Yes
15 Error BZZZZ wrong answer. This day is too long already. In Status-3 No
16 Reset Meditation; reading In/Out Control-2 No
17 Select-Printer Time with partner. In/Out Control-3 Yes
18-25 Ground Sleep - - -