Need a laptop for work

ghost

ghost

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Its for work, budget 200-600ish... GBP

But here is the KEY thing, it needs...

1x Serial port
1x Parallel port
1x USB port at least
1x CD/DVD drive

Anyone know where I can get a NEW laptop with these requirements from ?

Please UK sites/links only, cheers.
 
Sorry adapters don't work with the software that we use. The problem with the adapters is the timing is out of sync with the software (get a delay and lose comms).

The problem is the new hardware we use is USB based so thats great, all laptops have usb ports, BUT the laptops have to be compatible with the old hardware too (serial & parallel ).

This Is a big problem for me...
 
you can search at ebuyer.com. they have some usb to serial port cable/ usb to parallel port cable. £10-20 each. So problem solved.
 
why do you need these ports for software? Is this for copy protection dongles? The developer should also have usb versions if that is the case.
 
No to both, all software and hardware is used and developed here, there CAN, K line, etc... communication devises to speak to vehicles.

The problem with using the adapters is that there not exactly like standard serial and parallel ports, they have time delays and when I have used the adapters they always fall out of sync with the software/hardware. The protocols that we speak require exactly timed pulses which we used to use the parallel port for, therefore we need direct access.

Tricky to explain because I do not write the software...

All new stuff that is developed and used here is USB based which is great, but for older vehicles we talk to it requires the serial/parallel devises. I'm sure that they could redevelop the hardware/software for the older stuff but it would be a lot of time and effort to do so.
 
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