Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-09 Thread Virgo Pärna
On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 06:31:04 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: >> 1. A Northgate Omnikey 101 keyboard (from 2006) with a 5-pin DIN cable, >> currently going via an adapter to a PS/2 port in the desktop; > > 2. There are two kinds of PS/2 to USB adapters; one kind will >

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-08 Thread Michael Stone
On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 06:31:04AM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: 3. An HP LaserJet 5MP printer from 1995 with a parallel-port connector. StarTech sells a $42 PCIe card with a parallel port and two serial ports. If you're getting a desktop, this might be your preferred path. Two other options: The

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-08 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 7:21 PM, I wrote: >> My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like better >> than the modern equivalents: >> ... >> 2. A Logitech M-MD15L three-button roller-ball serial mouse (from 2006); and >> 3. An HP

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-07 Thread Peter von Kaehne
You can also buy not too expensively PCIe cards for serial and parallel port. The printer I connected through a parallel to usb adapter cable Peter Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird “corrections” > On 7 Nov 2022, at 23:09, David wrote: > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 at

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-07 Thread Dan Ritter
Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > On November 5, 2022 7:21 PM, I wrote: > > For me a scroll wheel has always been a deal-breaker, and I recently couldn't > find any mice without that. (A few years ago I found just one, from HP, and > I didn't like using it.) I click with the center button a

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-07 Thread David
On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 at 05:01, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > For me a scroll wheel has always been a deal-breaker, and I recently > couldn't find any mice without that. (A few years ago I found just one, > from HP, and I didn't like using it.) I click with the center button > a lot, and

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 04:37:56PM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:15:27 + > "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote: > > > Thanks to all of you for your many detailed and helpful responses. I > > think my next move will be to connect with my local Linux users group

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-07 Thread paulf
On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:15:27 + "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote: > Thanks to all of you for your many detailed and helpful responses. I > think my next move will be to connect with my local Linux users group > (which I'm ashamed to say I've never done). I'll describe the > problem and see

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-07 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
Thanks. From: Peter von Kaehne Sent: Monday, November 7, 2022 10:39 AM To: Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: support for ancient peripherals External Email: Use Caution I have installed last week a HP Laserjet 4P which is the same ilk. It works

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-07 Thread Peter von Kaehne
> >> As you might understand, I'd like to replace my desktop, a 2006 Pentium 4 >> with a 3-GHz processor. It has always run Debian, and so will the new one. >> >> My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like better >> than the modern equival

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-07 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
On November 5, 2022 7:21 PM, I wrote: > As you might understand, I'd like to replace my desktop, a 2006 Pentium 4 > with a 3-GHz processor. It has always run Debian, and so will the new one. > > My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like better >

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-06 Thread mick.crane
On 2022-11-05 23:21, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: 3. An HP LaserJet 5MP printer from 1995 with a parallel-port connector. Pretty sure used used HP Jetdirect in the past with cups. https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c02480766 mick

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Here's a more remedial question. I haven't bought a desktop in 16 years. To > have a custom desktop built with some of the options I've seen recommended > here, where would you go? Would you patronize a local shop, or is there an > online store that is good at discussing and implementing

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-06 Thread hw
t; > > one. > > > > > > My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like > > > better > > > than the modern equivalents: > > Thanks to all of you for your helpful replies.  It sounds as if, one way or > another, I will be ab

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-06 Thread paulf
On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 17:44:58 + "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote: > Here's a more remedial question. I haven't bought a desktop in 16 > years. To have a custom desktop built with some of the options I've > seen recommended here, where would you go? Would you patronize a > local shop, or is

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-06 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
On November 5, 2022 7:21 PM, I wrote: >> As you might understand, I'd like to replace my desktop, a 2006 Pentium 4 >> with a 3-GHz processor. It has always run Debian, and so will the new one. >> >> My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like b

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-06 Thread Joe
On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:30:58 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > You can find serial to USB adapters, but it will require some manual > configuration, tho I suspect you already had to do that in Buster, so > it should keep working pretty much the same (except the serial device > will have a

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-06 Thread Dan Ritter
Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like better > than the modern equivalents: > 1. A Northgate Omnikey 101 keyboard (from 2006) with a 5-pin DIN cable, > currently going via an adapter to a PS/2 port in the desktop;

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-05 Thread Felix Miata
Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) composed on 2022-11-05 23:21 (UTC): > As you might understand, I'd like to replace my desktop, a 2006 Pentium 4 > with a 3-GHz processor. It has always run Debian, and so will the new one. > My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I li

Re: support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) [2022-11-05 23:21:38] wrote: > My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like better > than the modern equivalents: > 1. A Northgate Omnikey 101 keyboard (from 2006) with a 5-pin DIN cable, > currently going via an adapter to

support for ancient peripherals

2022-11-05 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
As you might understand, I'd like to replace my desktop, a 2006 Pentium 4 with a 3-GHz processor. It has always run Debian, and so will the new one. My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like better than the modern equivalents: 1. A Northgate Omnikey 101 keyboard (from