From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RVIuG-0002HD-QG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:19:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1551E21C06B; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:18:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2574BE0462 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenm12 with SMTP id m12so59103yen.40 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:17:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=SV7Bv7/qg/XuYc79q+gEQPQDXOuK1e/yV77NzbGC5Ng=; b=F4WQ57UmUxEYz2dD1vD5IH4wYS5YRZfzn52FL+vHa/JIe2aEl9l0o6hEEoGD2mrZc+ nUkN7K73HXZycjgNGMOPpUeDUvd2fGEG6v2NoZnyp8dfFOMV+fSBBOPaIHkG17XFCo67 KolvUiX1DqldxPD4NYWkuY79azj0lXgdd5Q14= Received: by 10.100.245.3 with SMTP id s3mr10646722anh.61.1322554643654; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:17:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-115-63.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.115.63]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q5sm55589229yhm.7.2011.11.29.00.17.21 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:17:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ED49510.3000502@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:17:20 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111022 Firefox/7.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Converter parallel-port to USB References: <4ED3FE77.6050702@xunil.at> <4ED48F3F.1080000@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <4ED48F3F.1080000@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6705ec16-4187-46d1-b5e1-0b5953a872a6 X-Archives-Hash: 43b7e26dbc8665c8a3efcabeea0d77ef John Campbell wrote: > On 11/28/2011 07:16 PM, James wrote: > >> An old parallel port on an old pci card should do the >> trick, if all you needs is a parallel port. >> >> Some of those old Laserjet printer could be set up across a serial >> port, if nothing else works..... > > I'd also check your computer's innards for a parallel port header. My > gigabyte board has several legacy headers, a parallel port is one of > them. > > Mine does too. It has a serial port, used for my UPS. I bet it has a parallel port too, at least one anyway. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!