I was looking for something to use on a new Toshiba laptop without slots or
parallel port. My current laptop is fine but the newer ones do not have the
port options.

At 07:54 PM 6/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:13:06 -0400, Larry G. Nelson Sr. wrote:
> >I am looking at new computers and some now come without a
> >parallel port.
> >Has anyone tried the ICE2000 with a USB printer port adaptor
> >using Windows XP?
>
>USB to "anything" adapters are always dodgy. One may work OK with
>one piece of equipment but not with another. A better (and
>cheaper) solution is to pick up a PCI Parallel Port card. SIIG
>makes good ones, I use a SIIG Duet PCI Parallel Card to expand my
>parallel ports from LPT1: through LPT3:. It uses a single
>slot/connector and has a nice breakout cable for the two parallel
>ports. Very handy. Price should be from $10 for a single cheapie
>port to $50 for a deluxe multi-port model.
>
>Matt Pobursky
>Maximum Performance Systems
>
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Larry G. Nelson Sr.
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