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acad r13 serial/parallel port on vista machine

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Topic: acad r13 serial/parallel port on vista machine
Posted By: Geoff
Subject: acad r13 serial/parallel port on vista machine
Date Posted: 26.Mar.2008 at 22:12
How can I work acad r13 on a new vista machine than has only usb port yet acadr13 is looking for the serial or parallel ports


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Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 27.Mar.2008 at 08:57
Sorry - there is a long history (10 versions) between the old AutoCAD R13 and the newest OS. There is no compatibility.
Either downgrade your OS or upgrade your AutoCAD.


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Posted By: Geoff
Date Posted: 28.Mar.2008 at 09:33
Thank you ,I'll think on upgrade

Posted By: Breeze104
Date Posted: 28.Mar.2008 at 11:53
You could buy a parallel port card from your local computer store and install it into a PCI slot on your computers motherboard.

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Breeze


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