On 05/27/2012 11:30 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: <> > I was told at my local electronic store that I needed > a PS/2 to USB _converter_, which costs several times as much as a mouse -=- converter is correct. > More seriously, my favourite HP LaserJet 5L with a Centronics connector > has been idle for a couple of years, since the last machine with a > Centronics socket went to the computer graveyard. I've often wondered > if a simple Centronics to USB adaptor could work? -=- an HP LaserJet 5L uses a centronics _type_ connector, but it uses a different communication standard then what centronics is. it uses ieee 1284, a bi-directional parallel communications and requires higher quality and shorter length cables than centronics. see; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1284 if you wish to put the HP LaserJet 5L back in service, do not use a centronics/usb adapter. get an ieee 1284 card. hth. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted* **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** The installation instructions stated to install Windows 2000 or better. So I installed Linux. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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