Parellel and serial ports on laptops.... do you still need..

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Hello,

I'm just wondering if one needs serial and parallel ports on laptops?? Lots
of laptops come without these ports. Should I try to get a laptop who have
these ports?

Only thing I use my parallel port is, scanner and printer. I guess new
devices have USB option.

I also found out that I can buy a USB to Parallel cable that I can use with
my HP printer. Does anyone have any experience with this. Does this cable
work for other devices who use parallel port?


Thanks!

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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:07:50 -0500, "john smith" <mta_img@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm just wondering if one needs serial and parallel ports on laptops?? Lots
>of laptops come without these ports. Should I try to get a laptop who have
>these ports?
>
>Only thing I use my parallel port is, scanner and printer. I guess new
>devices have USB option.
>
>I also found out that I can buy a USB to Parallel cable that I can use with
>my HP printer. Does anyone have any experience with this. Does this cable
>work for other devices who use parallel port?
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>
It depends on what you need to connect. I use a Garmin V GPS unit, and
it requires a serial port. USB to Serial adapters "sometimes" work.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/