Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: parallel port finally obsolete?

What I have found for a very inexpensive source of computers Is to put
up an ad at laundromats and grocery stores.
most locals Charge people to get rid of old computers. I have 5 old
computers setting around with Win XP license stickers and they work. I
got them for less then $5 each a couple free. You do not need the
windows XP disk as long as you have the sticker with the code numbers.
I have bought 5 or 6 computer where I had to pay for an XP license.

some of the computers work others need power supplies usually. but they
are an inexpensive way to get computers with parallel ports. I also
have a friend who has a computer shop that deals mostly with
businesses. He knows what I can use and will give me call from time to
time. I fix some of these up to donate to people from our church whose
children need them for school work. YES there are people that poor
here in mid Wisconsin.

OLD BOB


JanRwl@... wrote:

>
>
> Maybe it's ME who is obsolete, but I had been using "Pre-Windows-Vista"
> PC's (Win.98 and earlier), to drive home-brew CNC gear (X-Y plotter I
> built,
> and HOPE to use again, in the office!). But the "old" PC that came with
> Win.98 died, and the "spare" I had with a PUP "came with" Windows XP,
> and it
> will NOT drive "my machine" via the parallel port, though it WILL
> PRINT via
> that PUP.
>
> Is there a "status" line or the like on the PUP (other than the 8
> data-bits, and 8 "ground" pins) that I might "pull up" (hardwire?), or
> "ground"
> which will make it possible to turn the PUP data-byte pins on or off
> via DOS as
> I had BEEN doing with earlier PC's? Thanks! Jan Rowland
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