Re: Mach3 & laptops

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Danny Miller <dannym@...> wrote:
>
> I was looking to set up Mach3 & a Taig with a laptop, and saw on
> Artsoft's website that "Laptops are not supported because the power
> saving features of the chipsets disrupt the pulse stream".
>
> What's the real story here? ALL laptops?? I'm kinda having a hard
time
> believing this. Parallel ports are usually designed to... well, /work/
> at transferring data as designed. It's kind hard to even see this
> statement as credible, I mean the explanation borders on the absurd,
> power management and the parallel port datastream are two different
> things. Will this actually not work?
>
> And what's a "non-integrated video card", one that's not on the mb like
> a laptop? Why would that matter?
>
> My laptop does have a parallel port built into it. I could also get a
> USB-to-parallel port cable. That would add the complexity of the
> internal bridge and all but it would use a different data path than the
> internal serial port.
>
> Thanks,
> Danny
>