RE: [OT] Old laptop wanted with parallel port

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Geoff,

Yes - I did think about these - the trouble is, a lot of them don't work
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th the mill software - The software has very particular timing and speed
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quirements from the parallel port (many hundreds of commands per second
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ch are time-critical).

Cheers,

Paul.

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> I bought myself a PCMCIA to parallel port card from maplin for =A350.
It
> works well enough, even under Linux (once you know the base address).
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> Geoff
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> > Anyone know where the best place to get a very cheap old laptop
with
> parallel port is?
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> > I need one to run my CNC mill - used to have an old Dell laptop
but
> can't find it now :(
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> > Thanks,
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> > Paul.
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