OK, but thats just one printer port.
How do I attach two printers, one needing LPT1 and the other LPT3, and print
to each selectively? Don't ask me why XP put the second printer on LPT3
when the card is jumpered for LPT2, 'cause I'm sure I dunno--but it works
fine. In my business program I specify LPT1 or 3 in the code to send to the
chosen printer.
Hate that myself, because I type with the keyboard
in my lap, sitting in a deep armchair with my feet up.
I need a decent modern cordless keyboard.
I'm much more comfortable sitting upright (more or less) and typing on a
fixed keyboard, but I understand the appeal of your preference, as I have
friends that insist on cordless keyboards. I could lean back, actually,
because the cord is quite long.
The thing I cant get anymore is keyboards where
the lettering doesnt wear off, even with top of the
range keyboards. I just get Logitechs who claimed
that their warranty covers that and am about to
exercise that warranty now that I have got a spare
of the same keyboard.
I have no wearing of letters here, even though some of the more frequently
used letters are very shiny from use. Like I said, one of these keyboards
(102) was standard on a 25mhz 386 I bought from Northgate in 1988 or 1989,
and this "Ultra-T" I bought on Ebay a few years ago. They bring big $ now,
often >$100. Here's a description:
http://tinyurl.com/z2lyq.
Interestingly, Ergonomic Resources (
www.ergo-2000.com) has resurrected them
and is selling supposedly identical copies under the name "Avant Stellar,"
even with the Alps keys, for $189.
All new keyboards that I have tried have mushy keys with no feel, and I hate
all of them. Just my 2¢. A friend likes the old Lexmark keyboards (IBM, I
think) and uses one of those. They have a nice feel to the keys, but not
like Northgate, IMO.
I've still got the pre PC DEC mini that I bought
before PCs ever even invented, Apples etc too.
That's old. Maybe it'll be worth something as an antique someday. That's
what I keep telling myself about the Osborne while it sits on my shelf. It
hasn't been used since 1989 and one day I'll try to boot it again if I can
find on of the boot floppies.
Older, actually by quite a bit.
I'm 98, so how old are you? Okay, so you doubt it. Would you believe 58?
I think that would be a challenge for even the most astute networking gurus.
Yeah, I've still got the 8" hard drive from the DEC mini, even better
doorstop.
That's before my time. My first HD was a Miniscribe (I think) MFM 10mb.
That's MB. It was full-height like these ESDI's and cost me $1800 with a
384k cache buffer interface for the Osborne, called a "Drive C". I was
happy as a clam, and at the time I thought it was all the drive space in the
world, and made the Osborne zippy by comparison. It was a new lease on life
compared to two 5¼" 192k floppy drives.
Never had trouble with these Vipowers over maybe 5-6 years other than two
outer units that crapped out completely, and I have about six I'm using
around here, including one with a USB2 interface. This brand is getting
very hard to find lately, though.