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

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From: Edward Mendelson (emendelson_at_compuserve.com)
Date: Mon Oct 09 2000 - 11:03:26 EDT

Hello Sven,

I'm afraid I can't find a parallel-to-USB adapter, though I've seen plenty
of USB-to-parallel adapters! Will keep looking and will report if anything
turns up.

Edward

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From: "Sven Utcke" <utcke_at_kogs1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:30 AM
Subject: Re: [TP old models] Any way to get USB on old ThinkPads?

>
> 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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