Any small form factor PCs with a parallel port?

DeepSeaDragon

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I'm looking for a Small Form Factor system that has a parallel port. It also needs to be able to support a Radeon 9800 pro. I have an Athlon XP2000+ and 512 meg PC2100DDR, so if a system exists that will accept those components (and has a parallel port) I'm all ears. My current system has been chiseled into an old HP case, and it's noisy and runs hot, so I'd love to get something smaller, quieter, and cooler.

Thanks!
 

bluemax

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The Aopen EZ series has a parallel port right out of the box.
Shuttle XPC series can ADD a parallel port with the PC-8 option for $15 or so.
 

Psychosylph

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Originally posted by: bluemax
The Aopen EZ series has a parallel port right out of the box.
Shuttle XPC series can ADD a parallel port with the PC-8 option for $15 or so.

I usually get the PC-8 for $11/shipped from NewEgg. Works great.
 

PCHPlayer

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You can also get a Parallel to USB cable that will work for printers (About the same price as the PC-8). If the device you want to hook up is not a printer, I'd stick with the parallel port.
 

bluemax

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Originally posted by: PCHPlayer
You can also get a Parallel to USB cable that will work for printers (About the same price as the PC-8). If the device you want to hook up is not a printer, I'd stick with the parallel port.

They don't work for anything except printers, and not many printers work properly with the USB-to-parallel cable anyways. Save yourself a lot of trouble and grief - get the LPT port!!
 

bluemax

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Just a note - the nice, new ASUS Pundit-R (and the old Pundit) both have regular printer ports. ;)