russ
2008-03-14 01:25:32 UTC
I had posted this on another site, and figured that I may still have a
better chance of getting an answer here. If anyone is still hanging
out here.
But hey, at least it isn't another job post. :-)
Although pending an interview I have this Saturday afternoon, I could
be doing one of them too. Engineering tech for a start up company here
in Akron, formed by a couple of retired Cisco people. I don't know
much more yet, they haven't even told the recruiter what product they
are looking to do. It is wireless though. The job is supposed to be
similar to the Cisco job from last summer. Oops, this did turn out to
be a job post too. :-)
I know enough about laptops to know that I would prefer to avoid them,
at least if I am the one paying for it. And even most of my desktop
knowledge is probably 5 years old. I just haven't been keeping up like
I used to when I was chasing the latest and greatest. This computer I
am using is over 3 years old, and I haven't done anything at all
internally to it since I built it back then.
For some reason, however, a co-worker asked me a question about his
laptop today.
Seems he has one built prior to the USB introduction. He says he just
has a serial port. I don't know brand, or if it even has a parallel
port as well. He is wanting to know if there is anything he can get to
add USB to his laptop. He wants to get some files off of it, and all
he has is a floppy drive.
I did a Google search, and didn't find anything going from serial to
USB. Found lots going the other way, but that won't help him.
Anyone have any thoughts, or is he out of luck? Oh, yeah. Probably
needs to be fairly cheap. Taking it to a data recovery place would be
a tad too much. :-)
Thanks,
russ
better chance of getting an answer here. If anyone is still hanging
out here.
But hey, at least it isn't another job post. :-)
Although pending an interview I have this Saturday afternoon, I could
be doing one of them too. Engineering tech for a start up company here
in Akron, formed by a couple of retired Cisco people. I don't know
much more yet, they haven't even told the recruiter what product they
are looking to do. It is wireless though. The job is supposed to be
similar to the Cisco job from last summer. Oops, this did turn out to
be a job post too. :-)
I know enough about laptops to know that I would prefer to avoid them,
at least if I am the one paying for it. And even most of my desktop
knowledge is probably 5 years old. I just haven't been keeping up like
I used to when I was chasing the latest and greatest. This computer I
am using is over 3 years old, and I haven't done anything at all
internally to it since I built it back then.
For some reason, however, a co-worker asked me a question about his
laptop today.
Seems he has one built prior to the USB introduction. He says he just
has a serial port. I don't know brand, or if it even has a parallel
port as well. He is wanting to know if there is anything he can get to
add USB to his laptop. He wants to get some files off of it, and all
he has is a floppy drive.
I did a Google search, and didn't find anything going from serial to
USB. Found lots going the other way, but that won't help him.
Anyone have any thoughts, or is he out of luck? Oh, yeah. Probably
needs to be fairly cheap. Taking it to a data recovery place would be
a tad too much. :-)
Thanks,
russ