No, my comments were more along the lines of buying another plotter (and computer) with a serial interface. If your existing plotter does the job for you, by all means keep it.
But you know you need to plan for the day when it turns to obsolete junk once that serial interface dies. Fifteen to twenty years ago I used to configure PCs for proprietary interfaces. I got into (then) current technologies and standard interfaces every time I could. My costs dropped every time I did. Performance improved as well. Thank you, Mark Snyder -----Original Message----- > Computers configured with serial ports and floppy drives are like > getting an eight track tape or cassette tape with the documentation on > it. USB can and will replace serial port. Buying computers with > obsolete technology is ridiculous. Depending on peripherals that > require it (for servers, no less!) is mind numbing. Instant junk. I disagree with the absolute terms you have used to describe older technology. I have a very expensive plotter/cutter that cost me many thousands of dollars at the time, and will cost me many thousands of dollars again were I to replace it with a similar device with a USB port as opposed to serial. I am not about to string myself out financially just so I can take advantage of more recent technology, especially since the means of transmitting the data from the computer to the plotter/cutter has no effect whatsoever on the quality of the output. Believe me, it is a far better idea for me to keep this serially equipped plotter/cutter and to replace the serial port equipped older computer with another of the same ilk if the one I am currently using dies. I can easily transport the graphics I work with from my modern computer to the older one with the serial port for sending to the plotter, especially when I think of the thousands I am saving do doing so. Not instant junk. It would be instant stupidity to do otherwise. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
