I suppose it could all be a bit academic, unless SBIG has the appropriate drivers for the ST8 in the new OS. I missed the boat to get mine converted to USB, so I have a bit of research to do to see if they still support a parallel driver.
I suppose I could go with a new PC for everything but the ST8. Providing I can keep one of my two lappys going, I could drive the ST8 alone from that.
BTW the cameras I've been having comms issues with are all ImagingSource Cameras not the ST8. I have struggled with random errors during capture that I suspected were due to the lappy not keeping up, but the imaging session before last I slowed the frame rates down to 7.5 fps and still had an issue. This session the problem was connections - too long between use, so a bit of contact cleaner was required.
Al.