richard, she has DOs machines! No windows machines. she has stated on this list several times that she uses dos! isaac
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Richard Myers wrote: > Hello, Penny, > Are you sure your computer does not have at least two USB ports? As far as I > can recall, they all have had USB ports since about 1999. Of course, that is > desktop computers. Laptops did not have USB until about 2000 or 2001 as far > as I can remember. Your USB port on your desktop is most likely on the rear > right side as you are standing in front of your computer. The ports are > together, about half way between the top and bottom of the computer. They are > mounted directly on the computer's motherboard. The problem in finding them > is that they are small. Each USB port has four pins in line, and is a little > more than one quarter inch long and one eighth inch wide. Pretty small and > easy to miss. Mine are right next to my video monitor cable, so are not easy > to find at all. Ask someone with eyes to have a look. They can probably find > those pesky little ports. Take heed that in all things there is a right way > and wrong way to plug something in. The ends of USB cables fit snugly into > the ports, but do not need to be forced. > > As I said, the USB ports are usually next to each other and are in pairs. If > you have something plugged into one USB port and remove it for any reason, > make sure it goes back into the same port, not the port next to it. That way, > you will not have near so many problems. > > There is lots of USB stuff on the market. They have powered USB hubs that > give you four or more USB ports that plug into one of your USB ports and are > powered by the famous wall-wart. There are also USB-to-Serial adapters for > those deprived computers with no USB ports. If you have a printer, but no > place to plug its 25 or 32-pin plug into, there are printer-to-USB cable > adapters. All sorts of stuff you can spend your money on. Some of it even > works! > > Happy computing > > Dick Myers > > From: Pennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Braillenote List <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] card reader > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:53:58 -0600 > > Okay, there, Penny, This is from Penny, the other one--the dumber one. > You use a U S B port, correct? Thanks. I'll see if the next computer I > collide with has a U S B port. My present one does not, to my knowledge. > U S B. What does it look like? > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > (8):[(8) > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
