My '99 vintage Diacom laptop died
10-19-2011, 08:33 PM
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My '99 vintage Diacom laptop died
Last night I tried to use Diacom for the first time in ~2 yrs, and the drive is dead. I have a 2006 vintage Dell Latitude D820 (my daily use PC). Are there any options where I can use an adapter with the Diacom's parallel port cable to a serial port or USB on the new laptop?
I guess I got my money's worth out of Diacom in years past, but if I can salvage it by getting the cable to work with a new laptop, that would be great. If not, I'll need a replacement. If anyone has any suggestions that are low-cost, I'd appreciate it.
I guess I got my money's worth out of Diacom in years past, but if I can salvage it by getting the cable to work with a new laptop, that would be great. If not, I'll need a replacement. If anyone has any suggestions that are low-cost, I'd appreciate it.
10-19-2011, 09:04 PM
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Re: My '99 vintage Diacom laptop died
just do a google search for USB to Parallel adaptor. There are lots of them out there. Pretty cheap usually.
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Re: My '99 vintage Diacom laptop died
Thanks. I've heard some of those are flaky. Diacom itself was flaky. My then brand-new laptop had to have the CPU-cache disabled in the BIOS menu in order for the TPI cable to work. It will be interesting how it runs on an even newer(faster) PC!
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Re: My '99 vintage Diacom laptop died
What about a new HD for the old laptop ( dirt cheap now ) and just a minimum install of WIN 98 for Diacom use only?
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