If your PC has a open PCI slot there are high speed serial cards still available. Think I paid $26 for the last one I purchased.
73 Matt W5LL On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 07:24 -0500, R. Kevin Stover wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: > > http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7600/main.html > > > > not in my opinion! > > > > de Doug KR2Q > - -- > Me neither but they did do something Elecraft had the chance to do and > didn't. USB ports for rig control. I've always considered a Serial to > USB adapter as a " box of chocolates", you never know what you're going > to get. Whether it works or not depends entirely on the chip set used > and the quality of the driver. > > Elecraft should have used USB ports. You can't buy a desktop motherboard > by any respected manufacturer that includes a serial port. The LGA 775 > board I'm looking at for an upgrade has zero serial ports but 8 on the > mobo backplane and you can add four more to the front or back of the > case with cables and unused motherboard USB headers. > > It might be a trivial redesign of the KIO3 but I'm sure it's down the > list if at all. > > R. Kevin Stover, ACØH > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFIsqSO11jxjloa2wsRAhlYAKCJuH3yC61SWoDVuOa7CN5UW/t9mgCePddV > mj7zMmXYzAXQJxI0YUNlDhM= > =FR1Z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1631 - Release Date: 8/24/2008 > 12:15 PM > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
