I actually have 2 new Dells here, and a Mac laptop. They all have a serial and a parallel port. The new computers bought last month for the shop also have both serial and Parallel ports.
As to the serial ports not available, you should have gotten a kit that connects those serial headers on the mother board to the DB9 connector, and this goes where a blank space is covering the PCI or AGP slots. Both of the low end PC's we just bought came with these. It was just a matter of plugging them in. The new high end PC, which we set up as a Linux server, came with 2 serial ports, set up the same way as the low end desktop units, and it also still has a parallel port too. But, I bet the HP's and Gateways don't come with the kit though. Anything to save a buck. I bet you have to buy the kit from them to get it. If they don't have them, you should be able to find a vendor on line that will sell you the kits. Steve/WM5Z Just because you say I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't watching us. Jason KG4WSV wrote: > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Steve Friis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't think the parallel port is going away very soon, >> > > looked at a new laptop lately? say, in the last 3 or 4 years? > > I'm surprised parallel ports seem to be lasting longer than serial > ports. USB is replacing both. > > What kills me are the motherboards that have serial ports, but they > aren't wired to an available connector anywhere. > > I suspect a USB/rs232 adapter will work for soundmodem PTT purposes, > unless it's particularly lousy. > > -Jason > kg4wsv > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
