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Yes there is a way to hook up your printer....get a product like Belkin's
Parallel to USB adapter. As far as a scanner or Superdisk, I know that
Belkin also has a serial to USB adapter as well. With only two USB ports on
most computers you should also look at getting a USB hub.
At 10:05 AM 2/2/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I have a scanner,printer and Superdisk. Until now, I have connected them,
>daisy-chained, to my parallel port.
>Now, I am interested in connecting one or two of them to the USB ports on
>the rear of my CPU. I have two. I think one is for a single client and the
>other is for daisy-chaining several clients. My box is a Dell Dimension XPS
>M166s 2G HD 64MB RAM.
>The scanner,printer and Superdisk mentioned above are, to the best of my
>knowledge, designed for parallel use only. (I could be wrong here). Is there
>some way to connect them to my USB ports? I know there are cables on the
>market that have a parallel connector on one end and a USB plug on the
>other. Can I just use this type of cable to accomplish the hookup I desire,
>or is there more to it than meets my eye?
>Thanks,
>Terry Bell
>Burnaby,BC
>Canada
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