older ST8E parallel (to USB?)

[Merlin66]

I have a chance of getting an older ST8E, but it's for parallel connections.
Has anyone had experience of operating these SBIG cameras on USB???
What about something like this bi-direction adaptor????
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4847

[Terry B]

Ken
I don't think it works.
My ST9E is a parallel one and it only works on a native parallel port. I bought a card with 2 serial ports and a parallel port on it that plugged into the motherboard and even it didn't work. The native port on my very old xp puter works perfectly well.

[Dennis]

My old SBIG ST7E also has a Parallel Port and my 2002 era IBM ThinkPad Notebook didn’t have one, but the IBM Docking Station did have a Parallel Port and that did work.

It is worth noting that the IBM Docking Station connected through an OEM connector on the ThinkPad - it was not a generic unit that connects via a USB cable.

The download speeds were excruciatingly slow for the parallel connector, some 16 secs for each frame for my ST7E which was only some 760x510 pixels.

Cheers

Dennis

[Merlin66]

Thanks guys.
Alan Holmes (SBIG) basically says the same....