Help programming atmega with vista/usb

[mountainmax]

I bought a usb adapter to get a paralell port on my vista laptop which don't have one, but it dont show up as lpt1 under com port, it shows up as printer adapter under Usb devices, how can i use this in jeepers to program regular atmega 128?????????

[Twostep]

The only adaptors that work worth a damn are PCMCIA card types, like these.

hxxp://www.transdigital.net/info.htm

[mountainmax]

Yeah, thought so, i seen these on ebay, i will buy one i guess

[bustie]

I bought a usb adapter to get a paralell port on my vista laptop which don't have one, but it dont show up as lpt1 under com port, it shows up as printer adapter under Usb devices, how can i use this in jeepers to program regular atmega 128?????????
YOU CANT PROGRAM YOUR CARDS WITH VISTA I HAD TO GET A OLD COMPUTER TO PROGRAM MY CARD

[mountainmax]

it's not vista that is my problem, it is i the usb adapter don't show up as lpt1 port, if you run jeepers as administrator or in windows xp mode i think it will work

[cloudten]

Is there any good usb to adapter that will work with vista and a atmega programmer? I was looking at new computers and none had printer ports.

[mountainmax]

I have tried usb-parallel port and even pcmcia parallel port adapters, neither works for me

[Wiley-X]

I don't think VISTA is friendly with the PAL or JEEPERS software programs. These are pretty much the only ones you can use to program your Atmega.

[mountainmax]

yeah, im gonna buy another laptop with xp on it and use it for testing...

[Wiley-X]

I would look for an OLD laptop, with a serial connector already on it. As mentioned above, VERY FEW of those adapters work with laptops.