[Ham-Computers] Re New Computers And Lack Of Ports

[Loren Moline WA7SKT]

I would say any computer you see  that doesnt have at least one serial port 
and one parallel port isnt worth buying because it isnt generic in nature. I 
could be proprietary.

There are to many new computers out there to settle for anything less.

If computer manufacturers try and obsolete regular serial ports they may be 
in violation of consumer protection laws.



Loren



Loren Moline WA7SKT  CN86cx
Member: ARRL, Pacific Northwest VHF Society #151
2 Meter EME with 4 X K1FO - 12's and 300 Watts
2 Meter initials = 13 with 300 Watts and 5 with 160 Watts





>From: Ronald KA4INM Youvan <ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com,"Computers (or other) used for amateur 
>radio, communications,  or experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
>To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,  or 
>experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Re New Computers And Lack Of Ports
>Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 22:15:09 +0000
>
>   You can get USB to serial and USB to parallel converters or a computer 
>that has serial and parallel ports also.
>>As I ponder the practicality of replacing my primary computer system with 
>>a
>>modern one, I am faced with the issue of no serial and parallel ports, 
>>just USB.
>>I have a lot of hardware that will not work with USB.
>--
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