[Elecraft] Fake FTDI chips

[Phil Kane]

On 4/14/2014 12:40 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote:

> The only way I know to use a genuine RS-232 port is to use a desk top
> computer with a plug in board.  I would also like to use a lap-top
> computer and as far as I know RS-232 ports are not available.  If
> anyone knows differently, please let us in on the info.

They are available using a device variously called a "Port Converter" or
"Docking Station".
In addition, there is a genuine serial port on a slightly older Dell
laptop that we use for our hospital's packet circuits.   It's doable.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
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