Re: Interfacing to parallel port dongle via USB adapter

Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:09:20 -0700) it happened Jim Thompson
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The bridge chips on main boards almost all support LPT. Sometimes there is a pin header or at least the empty position for one. On my latest Dell there ain't. The bridge chip supports LPT and all other legacy stuff but they took LPT out of the layout. They even removed the 2nd floppy support from the BIOS :-(

Harumph. Grumble.
So why did you buy Dell?

Dell came out in Germany as having by far the best support (if it is kaput) I found out
today (German user experiences with notebook service):
http://www.heise.de/ct/tv/artikel/105491
Asus came out the worst with recommendation they do something else for a while...


Dell's support is good but you have to be able to understand English with a thick Indian accent. Not a huge problem for Americans but it can become a challenge for others.

Just one example: A note inside the box and also the MoBo specs state a dual-monitor setup but the mentioned adapter wasn't there. Called Dell, they said that the adapter for that only exists for setups with a 2nd graphics card. There would only be a splitter for displaying the same image on two monitors but as a paid accessory. They then sent me that splitter for free and despite me saying that this isn't at all urgent they insisted on super-fast courier shipment. On the house ...

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Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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