On 2010-07-22, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/22/2010 02:04 PM, Bill Longman wrote:
>> On 07/22/2010 12:49 PM, walt wrote:
>>> On 07/21/2010 03:18 PM, Bill Longman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Might I suggest a small hardware upgrade:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron6100/SR56x0/H8QGi-F.cfm
>>>
>>> Hey, where's the parallel port for my Epson MX-80 printer?
>>
>> You're aging yourself, Walt. Some of us have actually used these, let
>> alone know what they are.
>
> Okay, I was exaggerating, but only slightly. My brother-in-law forcibly
> took my Epson MX-100 away to an e-cycling place on the grounds that the
> dust was aggravating his asthma. This happened about three months ago,
> no kidding. (He forgot the parallel-port cable, though.)
I still use a parallel port to connect to my HP laserjet 1300. I
think the printer also has a USB port, but I had a parallel cable left
over from my Epson LQ-1500 (24 pins for extra high-frequency noise!).
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