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1231174	2011-09-15 04:24:00	Hi Team Some time back I posted a query on PCMCIA type 1 card USB adapters. I wanted to gain USB access to my Toshiba Libretto and it only has serial, parallel and type-1 pc card ports. It appears that 'Type 1 pc card to USB adaptors' are as rare as rocking horse feathers so it struck me that I might be able to use my ethernet PC card to achieve the same result via a usb to ethernet adapter, giving me USB device> ethernet PC card type 1> Libretto functionality so that I can plug in USB drives etc. It crosses my mind that the same outcome might also be achievable via USB to Parallel or Serial Port. I have previously gained access via ethernet, but what I would really like to do is be able to access a thumb drive without the need of a second computer. Otherwise I have to take two computers on site. Before you ask, the Libretto runs W95 and is 100% compatible with all of my DOS instrument software, that is why I need to keep it going, and its HDD is a gigantic 700MB so I meed to expand the available memory via USB. The Libretto is the size of a video cassette and I am tempted by the latest netbooks etc but I don't think they will run DOS all that well, and they won't give me serial and parallel ports either. Cheers Billy 8-{) Welcome back old friend!!! :D:D:D	Billy T (70)
1231175	2011-09-15 05:15:00	AFAIK serial is too slow and wouldn't power devices either.	Chilling_Silence (9)
1231176	2011-09-15 05:35:00	Win95 can connect directly to another PC via parallel or serial - I believe the feature was called direct cable connection. If memory serves me correctly, it's available as an optional component on the Win95 install media.	Erayd (23)
1231177	2011-09-15 11:57:00	Win95 can connect directly to another PC via parallel or serial - I believe the feature was called direct cable connection . If memory serves me correctly, it's available as an optional component on the Win95 install media . Yep, that is correct, been there, done that via a parallel link, but I really want to be able to connect a USB stick to manage files with just the Libretto in action . After a further search I found the 'adapter' used in the attached image and by all accounts on the site it was actually working . What's even better is that I think I actually have all of those adapters except the last one into the computer and I don't know what that is! The one before it looks like it is a parallel connector so maybe the last in line is just a gender-bender . Watch this space . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheers Billy 8-{) :thumbs:	Billy T (70)
1231178	2011-09-15 22:47:00	What's even better is that I think I actually have all of those adapters except the last one into the computer and I don't know what that is! The one before it looks like it is a parallel connector so maybe the last in line is just a gender-bender. That's a PS/2 to USB adapter :D	pcuser42 (130)
1231179	2011-09-15 23:25:00	I use a usb-ptr parallel printer cable to connect my GPS handheld to my laptop and desktop works very well. It's actually a serial adapter like this (www.amazon.co.uk)	gary67 (56)
1231180	2011-09-16 10:39:00	That's a PS/2 to USB adapter :D Are you sure? The only USB connector that I can see is the green USB to PS/2 at the other end of the chain, I was referring to the white one plugged into the computer, 'the last one into the computer'. unless that is a special of some sort that I've not seen before. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
1231181	2011-09-16 20:51:00	Looks like a parallel to parallel followed by a parallel to serial followed by a serial to PS/2 and lastly a PS/2 to usb, amazing that with all that changing it actually works	gary67 (56)
1231182	2011-09-16 20:57:00	Looks like a parallel to parallel followed by a parallel to serial followed by a serial to PS/2 and lastly a PS/2 to usb, amazing that with all that changing it actually works With a final baud rate of.... 2	Paul.Cov (425)
1231183	2011-09-16 22:38:00	Before you ask, the Libretto runs W95 and is 100% compatible with all of my DOS instrument software, that is why I need to keep it going, and its HDD is a gigantic 700MB so I meed to expand the available memory via USB. The Libretto is the size of a video cassette and I am tempted by the latest netbooks etc but I don't think they will run DOS all that well, and they won't give me serial and parallel ports either. Netbook with VM running your old system? Solves the space issue & protects against failure. I'm not certain, but presumably, a parallel / serial / whatever to usb adapter on the host could be seen by the VM as native serial / paralllel interfaces.	fred_fish (15241)
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