Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Sep 29th, 2004 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 12,595 Win 95 has a limited amount of RAM available for system resources (even less than Win 98/Me), regardless of how much RAM the system has (though 32 MB is not enough system RAM, even for Win 95). If... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Sep 28th, 2004 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 12,595 There are many possibilities. Modern mouses have microcontrollers (stripped-down microprocessors), and driver or hardware errors can cause lockups. USB or PS/2 mouse? It makes a difference in this... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Apr 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 58,937 You are incorrect. Any processor newer than a 386SX (or any OS Win95 or newer) is 32-bit, so that's not the issue. The PCMCIA standard is 32-bit, anyway. |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Feb 22nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 58,937 This is a common item. It allows a parallel-port printer to be hooked to a PC's USB port, very useful for Win2k and XP since there are no hardware interrupts for the parallel port on those OSes. ... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Feb 12th, 2004 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 6,585 I recommend that you try an external keyboard first to see if the problem persists -- an internal and external keyboard use different controllers. If that clears the problem up, there are a couple... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Feb 3rd, 2004 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 58,937 Connections are not signals. Hardware is not drivers. The setup you describe will not work. For one thing a USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter only works because a USB mouse emulates a PS/2 mouse in... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Jan 27th, 2004 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 8,873 There's always Jameco Electronics (http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prmenbr=91&prrfnbr=346720&cgrfnbr=501&ctgys=). They're good for a lot of the unusual stuff. |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Jan 27th, 2004 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 4,557 Could you attach a picture with the problem, perhaps cropping it to make the file size smaller and emphasize the artifact? |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Jan 27th, 2004 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 8,873 I should have been more clear, then. If you can find a PCMCIA USB 1.1 adapter -- and are running Windows 98 or later, you should be OK. Which Windows are you running? Most versions of Windows 95 do... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Jan 26th, 2004 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 8,873 The short answer: yes.
The longer answer: USB 2.0 hardware support is not "official" in any version of Windows prior to XP, so drivers are not likely to be available for earlier versions, even... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Jan 9th, 2004 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 4,958 A quick-check would be to try the Yahoo! Instant Messenger as an alternative. It, too, has camera abilities and is free of charge. It never hurts to have a Yahoo! ID/email account anyway.
The... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Dec 31st, 2003 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 58,937 It doesn't exist. It can't. You can find adapters that will adapt a USB port to serial or parallel easily enough, but the signal output from a parallel port (and the software that drives it) is not... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Nov 26th, 2003 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 6,623 No recourse. Unless you are an experienced technician, you are unlikely to be able to repair either board.
Heck, I'm an experienced technician--and I probably would only have about a 50/50 chance... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Nov 11th, 2003 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 4,529 True, I guess I was confused. Maybe the ink gummed up something in the paper path. Thanks for pointing that out.
Then again, anything is possible... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Nov 11th, 2003 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 4,529 The basic problem with HP printers is exactly what you are experiencing. The print head intermittently draws a lot of current (it actually boils the ink to print, like the Canon printers do) and any... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Nov 2nd, 2003 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 5,499 You are going about this sorta backwards. A better approach would be low-res wide-angle USB webcam since you know that the user is going to be in front of the monitor within limited parameters. ... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Oct 23rd, 2003 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,100 Your question needs to be more specific. I cannot find the "I love my lt" reference, so I don't know what you need.
As to part 2, you need the correct driver software before the extra keys will... |
Forum: USB Devices and other Peripherals Aug 28th, 2003 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 7,423 Are you getting any beep codes? Do the lights on the keyboard flash when you power-up? The keyboard lights are a good indicator, since that is what happens when the KB gets a reset pulse. This, in... |