Hi Nicola,
That is interesting. Does it work ok with your Toucam? I heard
reports of problems with these devices. Which make is it?
Clear Skies
Robin
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<em class="quotelev1">> Hi davidglaister and all this is my first post in here, great
group! I'll
<em class="quotelev1">> post soon my shots for comments!
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> If your laptop do have a USB port you can buy for about 15$ /euro a
cable
<em class="quotelev1">> adaptor: USB to PARALLEL.. you get a centronics port (LPT as that
one old
<em class="quotelev1">> that were attached to printers). You can add as many parallel port
you need
<em class="quotelev1">> (i need one for toucam mod and one my own autoguiding device.
<em class="quotelev1">> You can find this cable on the net on online stores.
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">>
<em class="quotelev1">> Nicola Meneghelli
<em class="quotelev1">> Verona, ITALY
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<em class="quotelev1">> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 11:17 PM
<em class="quotelev1">> Subject: Re: [QCUIAG] Parallel Port
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<em class="quotelev2">> > davidglaister said
<em class="quotelev2">> >
<em class="quotelev3">> > > Hi,
<em class="quotelev3">> > >
<em class="quotelev3">> > > I am thinking of ordering Toucam Pro tonight, with a view to
making
<em class="quotelev3">> > > the long exposure mod in the future.
<em class="quotelev3">> > >
<em class="quotelev3">> > > One problem I can see though, is that my laptop has just about
every
<em class="quotelev3">> > > type of port, except parallel.
<em class="quotelev3">> > >
<em class="quotelev3">> > > Would it still be possible to use the long exposure mod?
<em class="quotelev3">> > >
<em class="quotelev3">> > > Thanks, David
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<em class="quotelev3">> > >
<em class="quotelev2">> > Check the Camera options in K3CCD, you'll see a wide range of
choices,
<em class="quotelev1">> including the serial ports.
<em class="quotelev2">> >
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