Re: [TP old models] Any way to get USB on old ThinkPads?

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From: Sven Utcke (utcke_at_kogs1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de)
Date: Mon Oct 09 2000 - 03:30:50 EDT

Hi Edward,

> Has anyone found a way to get USB support on to old ThinkPads that
> don't have a USB port and that don't have Cardbus-enabled PC card
> slots? I've found a couple of PCCard-to-USB-port cards, but they
> require Cardbus support, which didn't get into ThinkPads until the
> 760s or thereabouts.

I'm pretty sure I've seen USB ports that plug into the parallel port.
Not sure whether this could be an option for older Thinkpads (at least
bi-directional support would surely need to exist), nor what OS might
be supported (Win9x, no doubt, but as for Win NT/2000/Me, I don't know,
never mind OS/2 or Linux). Maybe an avenue worth exploring

Sven 

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