Re: support for ancient peripherals
On Sun, 2022-11-06 at 17:44 +0000, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote:
> On November 5, 2022 7:21 PM, I wrote:
>
> > > As you might understand, I'd like to replace my desktop, a 2006 Pentium 4
> > > with a 3-GHz processor. It has always run Debian, and so will the new
> > > one.
> > >
> > > My concern is about support for three ancient peripherals that I like
> > > better
> > > than the modern equivalents:
>
> Thanks to all of you for your helpful replies. It sounds as if, one way or
> another, I will be able to accommodate these devices.
> [...}
> Here's a more remedial question. I haven't bought a desktop in 16 years. To
> have a custom desktop built with some of the options I've seen recommended
> here, where would you go? Would you patronize a local shop, or is there an
> online store that is good at discussing and implementing customizations? I
> am not an expert when it comes to hardware.
Have you checked used workstations that you can find on ebay? It might be easy
to find one that has PS/2 ports and a serial port, and you can save money and
won't need to build something.
>From what I was told, USB to serial adapters my work or not. For parallel port,
you might find a print server with a parallel port that would connect your
printer to the network.
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