[TenTec] Help me, I'm dumb.

[Gary Hoffman]

Yeah, parallel ports are pretty much done now.  Printers used to use them, 
but none of them do any more.  In fact (I may have missed one) I don't think 
you can even buy a common printer any more (new) with a parallel port.  They 
pretty much use USB.  The only two current interfaces being actively 
supported are Ethernet and USB.   Sure, you can still find serial ports here 
and there, but they too are becoming a legacy item and are not long for this 
world.  The USB to serial converter is about as close as you can come.  I 
don't know either, if there is a USB to parallel converter, but I would 
doubt it as one is a serial protocol and the other is a parallel protocol.

73


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Edwards" <kd2e at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Help me, I'm dumb.


> But he doesn't need a serial port.
> Parallel???  Didn't know they were also lacking on newer laptops....
> Perhaps there is a USB to parallel....or find another laptop!!
> ....Dave
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jack User" <jfriend31 at comcast.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Help me, I'm dumb.
>
>
>> try a USB to serial adapter. works great for me to read rig or key CW.
>> jack
>> ak7o
>>
>> On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 18:44 -0400, RLBrannigan wrote:
>>
>>> My faithful old radio dedicated laptop has given up the ghost. Its
>>> replacement apparently doesn't  have a parallel port. I have been using
>>> the parallel port for keying via my Win-EQF logging program.
>>>
>>> Now what do I do ? ?  ?
>>>
>>> Prefer suggestions off the board to  W2EJG  att ARRL   dott net
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