Re: Airport cards for G3 iMac - is someone joking on price?

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:13:03 GMT, T i m <news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:48:35 +0100, steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (SteveH)
wrote:

T i m <news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And how would you directly connect your parallel-less Mac to a
parallel only and perfectly useable HPLJ4 etc?

Jet direct ethernet thingie, I think.

"Directly connect" 'parallel only' ...

But practically, a fiver for a JetDirect card for it off eBay *is* the
best way to connect it. My LJ5 lives in the cellar, where it doesn't
get in the way. Every machine in the house - Win, Mac, Linux, Sun -
can talk to it. Can't do that by hanging it off a solo machine by a
parallel cable.

As you rightly observe, hardly any 'Windows' machine comes with parallel
these days -

I'd have to disagree Steve. EVERY PC I built comes with a parallel
port

Every machine *you built*. You chose them to have parallel ports.

The last two PCs I built didn't have parallel ports. One was a
Shuttle, another was a minitower build. The recipients didn't need
parallel, so it didn't figure into the buying choices.

Agreed. But there are still millions of very hard working and
expensive parallel only laser printers and big industrial laser
copiers out there and folk don't want to dump them for the sake of not
having a simple parallel interface.

Big printers and printer/copiers all have Ethernet and often SCSI
options. Plus anything parallel can be upgraded to Ethernet for
10-20quid, making them much more versatile.

I think
Dads' old AppleWriter is currently languishing in his garage because
even his eMac wouldn't talk to it? Could have talked to it via serial
I suppose (does the eMac have a serial interface) and that's always
nice and easy to wire up isn't it?

But an Applewriter is ancient.

But potentially still a good printer?

So-so. It's equivalent to a LaserJet 1, and the fuser unit will need
replacing by now.

You could probably do something with a
USB to serial adaptor, though.

More adaptors .. why?

Just go ethernet throughout. Why bother with daft chunky Centronics
cables.

Cheers - Jaimie
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