On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 22:34:41 -0600 David Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
... > The HP5M is solely a printer which is fine as far as it goes, but now > I need to buy a scanner, and quite possibly a fax machine, as well. > AFAICT I'd have to use it through a parallel (or serial?) interface. > This laptop has neither. You can network it with 10Base-T for a price, > but no USB connection. JFTR, it should be noted that USB - RS232 converters (which, AFAIK, all use the same couple of chipsets which are well supported by linux) are cheap and readily available, e.g.: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RS232-RS-232-Serial-to-USB-2-0-PL2303-Cable-Adapter-Converter-for-Linux-System-/271217594818 Celejar
