I still support software written for dos with foxpro written in 1980, there are adapters for serial and Centronics via usb so they are not dead. Jerry
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 3:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Our Love Affair with Old Software continues On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Paul Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > I asked him if he knew what a serial port is. He didn't know... > Well, they are becoming rare. RS-232C, powered by an 8250 or a 16550... I think I've likely got one or two docking stations that still have them, but... I was onsite at a client last year trying to debug their printing problems. Wanted to hook up the printer directly to my laptop to see if I could reproduce the problem. It was a Centronics interface. Oh. Never mind. > > -- > Paul > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/D01A9E765EE145E2B69BB79F4AEFB7C8@jerryfootePC ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
