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foldedspace
02-14-2004, 04:02 PM
I am redoing an old Compaq 166 to give away to a friend that can't afford a pc right now. The thing is, the motherboard has no PCI or ISA slots, and no USB. The only slot on the motherboard is what looks like a proprietary one for the modem. So my question is this; Are there any adapters that will let me utilize the serial and/or parallel ports to get some kind of expandability? I'd really like to find a serial NIC...

pacemkr
02-14-2004, 08:53 PM
I'm afraid a serial port doesnt have enough bandwidth to support the NIC. So its not possible. Good luck with your project though.