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Subject: [OM] Re: One thing done, another begun
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:45:53 -0600
At 12:10 PM 21/04/2006, Olde Pharte Walther wrote:
>If the people who make cars were as incompetent as the ones who 
>build computers, the roads would be clogged with horse shit, because 
>we'd all have a couple in the back yard -- horses, not 
>computers.  New, gee-whiz super computer, and no f***ing parallel 
>port!  Looks like I'm behind the times.  Again.  Am I the only one 
>with still working, perfectly good old printers?  And only two USB 
>ports in the back?  That's enough for mouse and keyboard, but what 
>about Epson and Minolta scanners and a pair of Epson printers, 
>particularly the 2200, all of which need these things?  I can plug 
>the E-1 or E-330, et al, into the front when I need to update the 
>firmware every once in a blue moon, but I don't want to have to play 
>musical ports with all the other stuff that's used regularly.


You think you've got problems?

I had to find an adapter for USB-to-SCSI2.  They're thin on the 
ground, and expensive to boot.  But they're the only way I can 
continue to use my old Microtek Scanmaker E3 and my newer Polaroid 
Sprintscan 4000.  Ditching the Microtek wouldn't have been so bad, 
but the SS4000?  Ouch.

I also own a high-quality (and therefore relatively pricey) 
USB-to-Serial adapter for use with my 9"x12" Wacom 
tablet.  Obsolescence is a b*tch.


Garth



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