17 Oct
2006
17 Oct
'06
2:45 p.m.
On 10/18/06, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Robert Feldman wrote:
That's true at my place, too, but I have plenty of uses for a parallel
port on a machine that has nothing to do with printing and I'm not
happy to see that port go on modern machines.
(examples - parallel-wired LCDs on LCDproc, analog meters, etc).
Likewise, I lament the loss of the serial port on modern laptops
(still on desktops so far). I probably have some serial device
plugged into my primary desktop 90% of the time.
-ethan
We have a Dell box at work that doesn't even
have a Centronics parallel
port -- just USB ports. I needed to get a USB-to-Parallel converter
cable to hook up the laserjet to this box.
My new PC doesn't have one either, but that's no big loss as all of my
printers are on the network in one way or another.