[Elecraft] [K3] Serial port RTS problem [was: Different mode]

[Bill W5WVO]

Julian, G4ILO wrote:

> Have you tried looking in Device Manager at the properties for the
> serial port? On mine, on the tab where you can set the baud rate etc.
> there is a button marked Advanced Settings...

Yes. The advanced settings have nothing to do with the RS-232 control signals, 
unfortunately. And there is no replacement serial driver. Googling various 
combinations of key words turns up nothing related to this bug. Apparently this 
Dell RS-232 design error is so arcane relative to what virtually all laptop 
users use their computers for, that nobody has ever complained about it. :-)

My last step is to go into the BIOS and see if there are any controls in there 
that live below the level of the OS.

Oh well.

Bill W5WVO