Originally Posted by
ChrisVJ
I realise this is not the tech forum but since we are discussing tech 'stuff.'
I have a Roland plotter I used for drafting plans etc. Since our last renovation was a few years ago and we have moved twice since then it got put to one side. It runs only from parallel and serial ports. I had a laptop that had those and ran Windows 8.1 (Black sheep of windows family.) Before that windows 7 and previous windows ran it fine. When my Windows 8.1 computer died I could only get laptops with USB ports..
Despite buying a multiplicity of adapters, USB to both Parallel and Serial, I have never managed to get the plotter working with current laptops.
I have scoured the internet and the forum for my drafting program without result. Anyone got any ideas?
It may be old enough that electrolytic capacitors are drying up and need replacement. No end to the odd symptoms when they croak.