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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KM who wrote (41915)	1/1/1998 6:55:00 PM
From: E. Graphs	Respond to of 58324

Trufflette, I have successfully installed an Iomega external drive via parallel port going through a hardware dongle (used for Lightwave 3D) running Windows 95 A. The dongle has a port connector that provdes for the physical connection. Hope this helps, but what more specifically is the conflict you are referring to; address? IRQ? DMA? E. Graphs

To: KM who wrote (41915)	1/1/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: E. Graphs	Respond to of 58324

Trufflette, One more thing. If your motherboard is USB compatible you need a connector that connects the peripherals to the motherboard. I have several computers that are USB ready.....connectors are provided on the motherboard that will allow interface to USB capable devices through a standard USB connector. See if you can download the USB drivers from the Microsoft (or some other) site. USB is independent of the parallel port. Good Luck! E

To: KM who wrote (41915)	1/1/1998 7:23:00 PM
From: E. Graphs	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Trufflette, One more thing still! <gg> Try this link to get cables and perhaps a link to software drivers that you can download. cndtech.com Here's another good link that has a bunch of information: pcwebopaedia.com E. Graphs

To: KM who wrote (41915)	1/1/1998 11:59:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 58324

Truff - OT, re: Computer Questions I notice that a lot of our threadfellows have already responded to you. I'll just throw in my two cents, to see if I can cloud the issue. ;-) I happen to like the USB solution, but it's still a bit difficult to find hardware to support it. I'm sure within the next few months that will change. Yes, USB is sufficiently independent of the parallel port. The only legal way to get Windows 95B (OSR2) is to buy it with a new computer or a new motherboard. But the other guys had good suggestions. Feel free to e-mail if you need any other help. - Allen

To: KM who wrote (41915)	1/2/1998 11:26:00 AM
From: Cameron Dorey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Truff, OT several folks have answered you about your PP/USB situation, and I'll try to keep my 2 cents short, but this may help a little. PP: For this, the absolute best way to go is to get a second PP card. If you take your computer down to BB, CU, CC, wherever, the people down there may even put a new PP in for you gratis when you buy the card. If you do it yourself, you should only need a Phillips-head screwdriver. Once you get it in, check which port is LPT1 and which is LPT2. On a machine which I put in a new card (scanner, Zip, and printer all on LPT1, and it was just too much), the _old_ card suddenly became LPT2. You can almost certainly switch it back, but I just moved the cables around (Occam's Razor approach). USB: Assuming the USB driver is available, this will be the faster connection by far, and has been said before, will present no conflicts with your PP. IMHO, it is the far better way to go. One more thing, if you do go to buy a PP card, open up your box first. Many (at least one) of the new computers have only two ISA slots (the black slots with fairly wide connectors - a Dell 266 PII, that I am familiar with, already had a sound card in one and I had to put a scanner interface card in the other), so you might have to look for a PCI PP card (the white slots with a whole bunch of connectors - I don't even know if they exist). Well, that wasn't too short, but mabye it helped. Cameron "When a man talks dirty to a woman, it's sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it's $3.95 per minute."