[ale] OT: Buying PCI Printer Parallel Cards Locally

[Sergio Chaves]

Thanks! I will call both tomorrow and pick one up.

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On May 19, 2012, at 11:15 AM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Frys is likely to have both such things.  There are two stores in GA, one in Milton, near Alpharetta, and one in Duluth, near Gwinnett Place Mall.
> 
> http://www.frys.com/ac/storelocator/index.jsp
> 
> Someone else mentioned Micro Center.  They also have two stores in GA, one in Marietta, and one in Duluth, near Gwinnett Place Mall.
> 
> http://www.microcenter.com/at_the_stores/index.html
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> If you're in Gwinnett County, you could visit both Frys and Micro Center pretty easily.
> 
> I've used a USB - Parallel adapter years ago on Windows without a problem.  I haven't tried it on Linux.  I guess it would depend on whether Linux recognizes the chip set.  It's pretty rare, but not unheard of, for the vendor to provide Linux drivers.  If you go that route, and you have time, you might want to look up USB parallel adapter on Amazon, and read the reviews to see if any mention Linux, assuming you're using Linux.
> 
> Best Buy used to sell USB parallel adapters for about $ 40.  I don't know if they still do.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron
> 
> On 5/19/2012 7:20 AM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
>> 
>> Does anyone know where can I find it here in ATL?
>> I need 02 cards.
>> I am willing to buy it from you if you have it and want to sell it.
>> And yes, I need it for Monday :-(
>> 
>> If no luck, does anyone knows if the Parallel to USB works?
>> 
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