On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >>Check whether the motherboard you bought actually has a parallel port on >> the motherboard itself (all mine do), > >>if so you just need to buy a header card. > > > > Oh Lord! Don’t tell me that’s all I had to do? >
No, you might still need to find drivers for it. > > > I don’t know the brand of my friend’s motherboard, but looking at the manual > for my own GA-P55-UD3P from last Xmas I can see it has COMA, LPT and FDD > sockets on the bottom left. I’ll see my friend later today, so I’ll have a > look at his motherboard manual. It’s not a magic fix of course, as probably > don’t have the “header” bits to wire it up to the outside of the case. > > > > Greg -- Meski "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
