10 May
2007
10 May
'07
10:39 a.m.
On 10/05/2007 17:47, Ethan Dicks wrote:
As most of us have experienced, it doesn't take
much to break
"age-similar". Yes, I would expect that if I go out *today* and buy
any USB disk or printer and plug it into any PC bought *today* running
an OS I can buy or download *today*, it should "just work".
Hmm... but the whole world's not a PC (nor even a Vax :-)) A few weeks
ago I bought a few USB serial port adapters, and they work fine on a
variety of PCs running various versions of Windows. Not, though, on a
Mac, which doesn't even see them.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York