On Tuesday 06 February 2007 09:49, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:40:10 +1300 > > Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:32, you wrote: > > > I'm admitting defeat with the onboard, totally nonstandard com port on > > > the motherboard on my server. It's cost money, time, standard IT > > > soldering scares... however I do need a serial port to run my weather > > > station ( and maybe monitor the UPs as well ). > > > > > > Is there anyone out there with a PCI card with one or two ports on > > > they'd be interested in selling?? > > > > Um. I have to ask. Why not use a USB->Serial converter? I'm using one > > for my home-made PIC-based anemometer. It works fine and I don't even > > have a level shifter in there. And they're pretty cheap at Computer > > Dynamics. > > > > A > > I've got a cable with usb at one end and 9 pin connector at the other, but > never managed to get it to work. No idea where it came from though - > probably isn't serial at all. > > Anyway, if I can use some good old technology instead of buying something > new then that sounds like a winner to me (: > > Steve
Before I go look in the garage, is ISA of any use (/me cringes)
