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Originally Posted by EricH
Sometimes, the older technology JUST WORKS. And that is what is important in the long run. And it wasn't too long ago that FRC used 37-pin ports (like, last year--and there's still the MXP).
I believe you were looking at some form of serial or parallel port. Probably a many-pin one. VGA, if I'm not mistaken, is another form of serial port. You use serial ports on a near-daily basis if I'm not mistaken--on the Universal Serial Bus (USB).
(Incidentally, I had to boot up a Windows 2000 computer last night. Why, you ask? Because it can run program X. Program X serves a key function in this application. Old technology? Yep. Does it JUST WORK? Yep, unless someone turns it off...)
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with the old tech. I have a computer in the basement that runs Windows ME. Does it function correctly? No. Does it turn on and do funny things? Oh absolutely.
The other day I had to go find an IEEE-1200 to preferably USB or VGA or anything that would work with an old printer. Just imagine the look on the guy at RadioShack's face when I asked for one. He asked me what VGA was!