ahem, at risk of being pedantic.. Does your laptop *have* a serial port on it?
I don't remember you mentioning it was for a laptop - I have had sucess with xircom pcmcia combi cards (NIC+modem) and would recommend them over cheaper ones with dongles that break. Failing that, looks like you'll need a serial adaptor for your laptop - which isn't cheap. (We ended up with a docking station that had a PCI slot in to add 3 serial inputs to a laptop on a boat) Serial ports are normally male on the PC's / laptops and come in 9 or 25 pin (now rare) varieties > Sounds like its been designed for the older large COM ports - > I had one of > those on my first PC and the modem needed to use it - I > would've thought it > would've come with a connector for the modem but also on the > other end one > of both type of COM connector. > Now i just unpacked the thing and $**!(%* the cable ended in > two female > plugs that don't seem to connect to anything on the back of my laptop > (female 15pin plug, female 25pin plug and 2 usbs). external monitor and printer perhaps? not serial... Andrew www.hpcx.ac.uk - our computer IS bigger than yours... _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
