to USB adapter for the laptop?
What kind of adapters are available that will allow me to use a USB multifunction printer/fax/scanner on an old laptop that only has a parallel port? Is this kind of thing widely available, and are they expensive?
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What kind of adapters are available that will allow me to use a USB multifunction printer/fax/scanner on an old laptop that only has a parallel port? Is this kind of thing widely available, and are they expensive?
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1. There are NO parallel to USB adapters. The reverse can be found (USB to Parallel.)
2. I have yet to find a PCMCIA USB 1.1 or 2.0 card. It matters!!! Here's why.
Most older laptops without the USB 1.1 port will have the older ->PCMCIA <- card slots and USB cards are now PC-Card which do not function in the older slot.
Links about USB 2.0 cards to show the CARDBUS issue!
-> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=search&ci=8412&Q=&O=NavBar
None were PCMCIA, but are CARDBUS!
-> http://www.usbman.com/oldforum/forum8/messages/689.html laments there are none.
Bob
So, it seems that I'm dead in the water.
Well, I'm glad I didn't go ahead and buy that multifunction unit that the seemingly trustworthy Staples salesman insisted I could easily hook up to my girlfriend's old laptop just by purchasing a "$10 adapter from Comp USA"...
If you have shared the make/model number of the laptop I could have double checked what PCMCIA it had. But as it stands I had to take it from experience that such without any USB has usually had PCMCIA and not PC-Card.
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Bob
I'm not very savvy about this site, so I'm not sure what the 'Forum Tip' is that you're referring to, but the laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT, running Windows 98. I'd have included that info before, but I wasn't near the laptop at the time and didn't realize that you had specific info available about specific models. Thanks.
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-> I looked up your 430 laptop specs and it's just PCMCIA. No PC-Card will work in that.
Bob