Jason,

My Gateway 98SE has only two USB ports on the back. On one I have a 4 port
adaptor with Boston USB speakers and USB KB with USB mouse. The other I have
a 4 port adaptor with USR wireless adaptor and USB connector for a 3 year old
HP 1410v PSC. This works.

Ron is right about support for 98 at HP, not sure about any one else. I went
to get updated drivers for my printer and could not access any updates for
ME/98SE/98 even though they were listed and I was able to get them 2 months
ago. So be sure to check the box to see if the printer you buy will work with
98SE.

DLSayre



"Jason James" wrote:

I have just one more question re the USB facilities on my 98se PC.

After I successfully plugged a new KB into 1 of 2 USB ports on the rear
panel, (initially I thought there was only one) I was looking at some cheap
printer/scanners etc for $69. But like
all peripherals these days they are USB. I understand that a converter
adapter may get me back into the parallel port,..but before that decision I
had a look at "System Properties" then "Device manager" then opened 3
headings under "USB Controllers"

1st Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USBUniversal Host Controller (exists in all
hardware profiles)

2nd USB Composite Device (exists in all hardware profiles)

3rd USB Root hub (exists in all hardware profiles)

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Does this info indicate anything meaningfull about the 2 USB ports on the
PC, in particular whether a printer can be connected to second USB, or
whether a piggy back to the 1st (which currently has the KB).

TIA,..Jason

Jason