[Dx4win] Multiport Board

Wed, 5 Jun 2002 19:52:23 -0400

David,
 A USB to RS-232 port converter gets my vote! I have a 4S,2P ISA board from
ByteRunner and it worked great until the last upgrade. Couldn't get it
working and never have figured out why - maybe the board died. Anyhow, its
days were numbered as most of the new motherboards don't have any ISA slots.
Anyhow, I decided to avoid the IRQ, no open PCI slots, etc., merry-go-round
and bought a USB to 4-port RS-232 adapter. It is self powered so it will
work with USB equipped laptops when 110 is available. Doesn't use any slots
or IRQs and has worked flawlessly for me. Know several other folks on the
reflector are using them too and don't think they are having any problems
either. I do, however, make a point to use a real serial port for rig keying
(PTT, CW, FSK). Don't know if timing for those functions would be an iussue
on the converted ports or not. Installation was about as close to painless
as you can get. So now I have my 2 original serial ports, a 4-port USB
expander (self powered) plugged into one USB port, and a 4-port serial
adapter (self powered) plugged into the other USB port. Bought mine from
ByteRunner. Only way to fly.

Mike / W8DN

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Tingler" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:05 AM
Subject: [Dx4win] Multiport Board

Hello,

I checked the archive but, could not find the previous discussion on
multiport boards. I would appreciate any recommendations for a PCI multiport
com board for use with DX4WIN.

Thanks, David

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