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

On 2/24/2012 4:24 PM, Tom wrote:

> The hand wringing and gnashing of teeth over the "death" of the
> parallel port has been going on for years. There was a rumor that XP
> (and then WIN 7) would not even support parallel ports...which were
> both false.

I just received a brand new motherboard for a six core AMD processor. It
has a parallel port header. They aren't going away any time soon. Hell,
it even has a serial header!

If anyone is interested, there is a pretty good deal on these bare bones
machines:
http://www.globalcomputer.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1429933&CatId=5294

No connection, just a customer.

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