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Skriven 2008-10-03 21:54:00 av ED VANCE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JEAN PARROT
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JP> AA> I also noticed that his existing DVDRW/CDRW device wasn't
JP> AA> bootable. The BIOS allowed setting CD to boot, but the
JP> AA> actual device wouldn't respond to that.  I has hoping to
JP> AA> give Ubuntu a test run in Live-CD, but couldn't because of
JP> AA> that.

JP>        I had that problem with my scanner. Jeff's friend found a
JP>   home-made driver for it, some smart coder in Deutchland had worked
JP>   one out. Try that approach. Useless if there is no DB25 on the
JP>   MoBo for an LTP1. I will check when I get back home but it seems to
JP>   me that I have had printer connected to an LTP1 on my XP machines.

Jean,

I'm glad you got your driver from the fellow in Germany.

On my XP box LTP1 Parallel port was set up by HP to be used for a
Quicken PDF Printer.

I suppose I could change it to LPT3 to open up LPT1 if I ever needed to.

"That" is with-in my capabilties.    ;-]]

To print from a CLI/CMD prompt I had to set up Net User to the LPT2
port, as I was instructed by Jeff and maybe some others here so I could
print messages directly from SLMR to the Epson USB All In One I have
connected to the XP box.

When I checked Printers, I also noticed that a Microsoft Office Document
Image Writer was set up for a Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
port, which is called a Local Port in Properties.

I don't use MS Office and I have no idea what a Local Port for it is.

I've been wondering if a USB to Parallel cable could be used to connect
my SyQuest EZ-135 Drive to the XP box, I know you don't know but I just
thought I'd include the comment in this message to you so someone else
could make a comment to me about that.

I've seen the USB to Parallel cable at Wal*Mart but I haven't
looked at it close enough to see if it has the DB-25 pin connector
for the Parallel connection or a 32 pin Centronix Printer connector on
the cable.

I'd need the DB-25 parallel connector to try to use the EZ-135 with it
if I ever wanted to try that.

THe EZ-135 is designed to use LPT1.

A NT floppy disk was included with it, along with the Win 3.1/DOS and
Win95 installs.

So if I wanted to try it with XP I suppose I could with a USB/Parallel
cable, even if HP didn't put a parallel connector on my box and their
web page specifications for my HP a1430n says there is one on it.

It is hard to see the connectors on the back of the box with all the
various wires that are installed, so I could be wrong about this and
there is a DB-25 connector there.   ;-]


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