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Hisoka_Ryodan
Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 73
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:01 pm Post subject: WTB: An Old Laptop That has Parallel ports |
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Im looking for an old laptop that has a parallel port so that I could hook it up to my backup units. As long as it will work, any kind will do. Also, if you dont have one for sale, but no of a place to get one, or any recommendations, please help me out! |
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cdiablo
Joined: 25 Jul 2003 Posts: 26
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Im pretty sure you can us a PCIMIA/parallel card, most every laptop has at least one PCIMIA slot |
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DoctorBackup
Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 265
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:12 am Post subject: |
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Not all old laptops with parallel ports work with all copier programs. Tomy has told me in the past that some laptops parallel protocols are not the standard. My Toshiba Tecra 8000 works with uCON64 without gui but not with Tototek software. I prefer uCON64's command anyways. My Tecra 8000 is PII 300 MHz 256M with 10g hard drive. It was the shit when I got it but very outdated now. It has a DVD player and all so it does still do alot of what I need.
I have never seen a PCMCIA parallel card work with ANY copier. I have heard of MANY people trying too. |
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rbudrick
Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 373
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:15 am Post subject: |
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Laptop parallel ports are hit and miss. The controller chips in them are usually inferior to desktop ones. The best bet is to just have a spare older tower, unfortunately.
-Rob |
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madman
Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 598
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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I've used a bunch of different Dells for parallel transfers, old Latitudes left over from previous jobs. You might want to try getting one of them. |
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