using parallel port for serial communication

Hi all,

I need to get some data from a PIC microprocessor. The microprocessor's UART is used for this purpose, so its output data is serial. It's meant to be interfaced with a PC's serial port.
My problem is that I'm using a laptop, and it doesn't have a serial port. It only has a parallel port. I would like to know if it's possible to receive serial data throught the parallel port. If so, how do I do that?
I was planning on using VB to read the serial data comming in through the parallel port.

[524 byte] By [Katou] at [2008-2-3]