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AidanR View Drop Down
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Points: 2 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: R14 parallel dongle
    Posted: 06.Feb.2009 at 16:08
Hi experts
 
We use AutoCad R14 for all our old 2d engineering drawings (it's a Solidworks shop these days ...) and we've come up against a(nother) problem keeping it going.
 
When we update a workstation now, they come without parallel ports, so the old parallel dongle can't just be slotted in. We tried adding a parallel card into the PC but it's old architecture and we can't get the drivers to pass through.
 
Has anybody got over this problem without getting a new AutoCad? It's no use asking AutoDesk, they don't support R14 ...
 
Our IT guys will be your friends for life if you have a fix for this.
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Points: 130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06.Feb.2009 at 18:21
well, I'm surprised that your new machine doesnt have parallel port. I heard something about USB adaptors but that is most likely not gonna work ...
If you need just to open the drawings you can use free copy of DWGTruview, otherwise I would get a discounted copy of Autocad (2002-2006) ...
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Points: 2 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02.Mar.2009 at 17:21
Hello everybody
 
Well our IT guys solved the problem in the end. They called the people who had provided us with the dongles in the first place ... they gave us a new driver which allows the software to function with XP and hey presto - AutoCad is back to work.
 
Clap Jolly good.
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Points: 602 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02.Mar.2009 at 21:54
Originally posted by AidanR AidanR wrote:

Hello everybody
 
Well our IT guys solved the problem in the end. They called the people who had provided us with the dongles in the first place ... they gave us a new driver which allows the software to function with XP and hey presto - AutoCad is back to work.
 
Clap Jolly good.


Ok Hope to work good.And nice for your response.?
Ing Arben.Allaraj
http://cad-drafting-corner.blogspot.com
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