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Thread ID: 29863	2003-02-04 21:17:00	USB-to-serial/parallel converter?	argus (366)	Press F1

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118396	2003-02-04 21:17:00	My hard disks both at work and on the older computers at home are fuller than they ought to be, but some of the files I Just Might Need Again. So: archive them, or transfer them to my current PC (which has a CD-RW capability). What medium to use? Having flogged a Zip drive literally to death pulling across 100 MB at a time (and having to plug and unplug the damned thing into the various PCs), the task is still unfinished. Brilliant idea: if I can talk the company into paying for a writeable CD drive to solve the problem on my office PC, I can take it home for a weekend and solve the rest of the home problem. Brilliant idea by my employer: send me a USB drive. The old home PCs (of course) do not have a USB connection. Is there a device that will allow a USB drive to plug into a serial or parallel port? I don't care how slowly it runs, as long as it works. Or can anyone suggest another solution: a cheap removable (or portable) medium that will plug into a serial/parallel port just to transfer those remaining files and clear the disk on the old machines (the older of which I've promised to my young daughter one day). (Though having worked with our slimline Pentium 3 notebook, I'm not sure she'd be impressed with the milk-crate Pentium 1). Argus	argus (366)
118397	2003-02-05 02:36:00	I don't think you'll find that. The other way, yes. USB is the "new improved modern" interface which makes all others obsolete. B-) Pity it seems to fall over. Often. :D However, if your laptop will take the USDB device, you could then use Laplink/Interlnk/DCC with a serial or parallel connection. (Serial needs a "null modem cable", parallel a "Laplink compatible cable".)	Graham L (2)
118398	2003-02-05 02:46:00	CD-Writers are cheap as anything... $99 on pricespy! What about the option of a USB-port PCI card!?	Chilling_Silence (9)
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