Those looking for a computer with a real serial port may want to consider the IBM (Leveno) off-lease computers that are often offered by TigerDirect www.tigerdirect.com. Many (even most) come with 2 serial ports and are usually loaded with WinXP Pro. There are likely other vendors of these off-lease machines, but I know TigerDirect frequently has them available. Search the website for IBM off lease. Most are in the 2 to 3 GHz range and usually with a Pentium 4 CPU. They are inexpensive enough that you may want to consider one for a dedicated computer for the hamshack.
73, Don W3FPR Alan Bloom wrote: > A lot of PCs that "don't have a serial port" actually do have the > electronics on the motherboard. If so, you can mount your own DB-9 > connector on the rear panel and wire it to the motherboard. > > The motherboard connector is often a 10-pin (two rows of 5 pins) header > with one pin removed to give a one-for-one correspondence to a 9-pin > RS-232 connector. If you can't find the COM ports in Windows, you might > have to check the "integrated peripherals" section of the BIOS to see if > the manufacturer has disabled serial ports in the BIOS. > > It might be worth a look before going out and buying a serial PCI card > (or a new computer). > > Al N1AL > > > On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 20:31 -0500, Mike wrote: > >> For those suffering from lack of a real serial port, something I found >> today may interest you. PC's with a real serial port, and a parallel >> port to boot (no pun intended). There are a couple of differently >> equipped ones on the page. It has no OS installed, so you'll need one. >> >> I ordered one. If you have a local store, call and they'll order it for >> you. I have no connection to CompUSA. >> >> http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5742468&CatId=2629 >> >> 73, Mike NF4L >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2741 - Release Date: 03/12/10 > 04:42:00 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
