Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu!v087mxgb From: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Parallel printer port external hard drives ??????!? Message-ID: <54595@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 16 Jan 91 04:45:33 GMT Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Reply-To: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS V1.3-4.4 I am sitting @ home, so please forgive my vagueness...... In my office, I saw an Ad in PC Mag. for external hard drives that plug into your parallel printer port. They allow printer data to pass thru, like a hardware key or keypad. I have a laptop with *NO* capacity for hard drive. This may be an ideal solution. Anyone have *ANY* info on this subject. ST