Re: [digitalradio] Not enough Serial Ports

2008-01-26 Thread Phil Barnett
On Saturday 26 January 2008 01:06:20 pm Barry Mertz wrote: Questions: I am using an old IBM with Windows 98 operating system. The computer has two usb ports and one DB9 serial port. This is what I want to hook up. An MFJ-1275 sound card adapter. I also want to run HAM Radio Deluxe and control

RE: [digitalradio] Not enough Serial Ports

2008-01-26 Thread Mark T. Regan, K8MTR
If you have a spare slot in the PC, you can always purchase a dual-port serial card. That's what I did for my WinXP PC that came with no serial ports. They are fairly inexpensive now days. A check at CompUSA's web site turned up a 4-port board for $44.99 (Item Number: C250-2276), along with

Re: [digitalradio] Not enough Serial Ports

2008-01-26 Thread Dave 'Doc' Corio
Most of the on-line tech stores, such as Amazon.com or buy.com have multi-port cards available at a decent price. If you have a PCI slot available in the computer, this is one option. I paid $19 for the card I'm using, and it provides 4 serial ports via a connector that splits out to 4

Re: [digitalradio] Not enough Serial Ports

2008-01-26 Thread David Struebel
You can get a USB to RS-232 serial adaptor that will allow you (if you get two of them) to have up to 3 Rs-232 serial ports Dave WB2FTX - Original Message - From: Barry Mertz To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 1:06 PM Subject: [digitalradio]

Re: [digitalradio] Not enough Serial Ports

2008-01-26 Thread Loyd Headrick
check out this link http://www.serialgear.com/4-Port-Serial-USB.html Barry Mertz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Questions: I am using an old IBM with Windows 98 operating system. The computer has two usb ports and one DB9 serial port. This is what I want to hook up. An MFJ-1275