Hi Shaun, Interesting. It is my understanding that Windows Vista and above no longer support parallel ports, and here in the USA I have not seen a desktop or laptop PC with a parallel port in quite some time. At least not for the last 8 years or so.
I have three laptops and none of them have parallel ports. I have an Averitech 6240 from 2006, a Compaq Presario from 2008, and a Toshiba Satellite from 2011 all with USB only. No serial and no parallel ports. I also have a Del desktop from 2010 which has two serial ports but no parallel ports. So even if a desktop or laptop PC can be found with a parallel port they must be few and far between because the technology has pretty much not been in production for years at least according to my own experience. Cheers! On 6/19/15, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > Well tom while true of laptops I do know that desktops in general at > least the ones up to 2011 would have the required ports they have > only recently gone full usb. > There is still a moniter port on my laptop and I know that the new > systems I got one from 2011 and the other from 2014 still have paralel > ports. > But yeah its all usb. > there is probably a paralel to usb converter somewhere wouldn't surprise > me. > I mean there is serial to usb, vga moniter to usb, I know for a fact > there is old style vhs tape recorder to usb because I have one. > even audio to usb. > In short there are as many converters as there are usb ports in a computer. > Weather the software is accessable and not in chinese is another > thing you can buy bog standard converters for vhs I know for a fact > for a few bucks the software is either old or cracked or old and > cracked but point is you can buy stuff. > There are pro stuff to if you search so there is probably a way. > I am not sure how easy it is to wrig up a simple no frills one, but > when my power cord on one of our pcs broke my dad was able to hook up > a length of headphone wire and a few headphone plugs in place of the > broken cord and although it ran a bit hot at the ends it did work. > Ofcause this was back just before 2000 and now with everything so > secured like the iphone chargers you can't just put any wrigged cord in. > An old unit though as long as you were prepaired to configure it who knows. > There is probably something like com0com for a paralel port or something. > Though a good converter will automatically convert for you. > I am not sure about software. > Though to be honest if were meaning pamphlets for various things I'd > go the electronic rout, I am not sure how to make e braille but its > all the rage. > Audio mp3 daisy even standard cds. > You could still buy braillers to. > Finally I know for a fact that some organisations can hire out their > units for online transfer of info via mail but you'd still have togo > to the physical location to pick it up. > I have a few old perkins units which I have not used ever since I got > back into computers in 1995 so I have no idea if they work or not. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
