fan alan wrote: > The fan on my laptop quit the other day so I started looking around for > a replacement computer. Looking on the Ebuyer website here in the UK it > seems that most new laptops (especially the smaller ones) now only have > usb outputs. There is a wonderful little acer computer just released > very small, onboard radio network and cheap, but it just has usb ports > so is not suitable. > > I use a laptop because it is portable between my home and workshop > (rather too grand a title , its a shed). I don't want to dedicate a > large pc box to run my modest cnc needs (maybe I will have to) and I > don't want to have to struggle carrying a large pc box between my home > office and shed. > > So any suggestions for a cheap replacement computer. What is the > smallest, cheapest desktop or laptop with a parallel port? I thought > about using a pc/104 card but again here in the UK they seem to be quite > expensive? Has anyone got experience using pc/104 ? > > So really my query is also about the future. Where will emc go if > parallel ports become a thing of the past? > > Alan > > Alan fan died on my HP ze1250 laptop I lay it on top of a $1.98 110V fan still working 2 yrs later maybe worth a try signed cheap bastard
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