Don, Another approach you might take is find a company local to your QTH that will custom-build you a computer. There are several such companies near my metro Atlanta home, and prices will vary based on the options you choose. This allows you to specify how many serial ports you want, which can be included as add-on cards during the build. You also get to specify just how much memory, how powerful a CPU, how much hard drive space, etc., your computer will have. This also allows you to specify what base operating system and other software is installed on the system, so you can avoid much of the bloat-ware that comes on readily available off-the-shelf systems built by the popular manufacturers and available from the big-box stores.
73, -- Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [email protected] K3 #281, P3 #688, KPA500 #1468 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 12:00 PM Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] new computer advice suggestions for using with a K3 In addition to the Edge Ports I had favorable results with one of these: http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Adapters/8-Port-USB-to-R S232-Serial-DB9-Adapter-Hub~ICUSB2328 <http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Adapters/8-Port-USB-to- RS232-Serial-DB9-Adapter-Hub%7EICUSB2328> Uses the FTDI chipset. I got mine for $67 new in box on EBay. Have 7 ports in use with no problems and 1 more on the true serial ports on the desktop. No more swapping cables or issues, was plug and play... When I was hunting even the used Edge Port units were going for far more. Since it would be on the end of a 15 ft USB cable and 10 ft serial cables back to the gear I did use an external supply for it. It has a plug for that option. No ingress or egress RFI issues that I could detect even though it is just a plastic box. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR On 8/10/2013 10:47 AM, Richard Neese wrote: > if you use a pci card serial its just like using a usb to serial or a > edge port serial port replicator. > > its a add on. > > I use usb to serial cables with my devices and have no issue. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
