[Ham-Computers] Serial Cards

[Don]

no this is a NEW SYSTEM ordered from tigerdirect last week
no serial connectors on back and the punchouts in the back are still intact

windows xp with service pack 2 and all updates installed
system is AMD 1.9 gig processor
512 mb ram
60 gig HD
40 gig back up HD (i installed)
dvd-cdrw
6 usb ports
parallee port
network card
modem and game port
2 empty pci slots

Don
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
To: <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Serial Cards


> Don,
>
> I don't know the answer to your question (didn't actually know that there 
> had
> ever been a difference between PCI slots) but is the computer New New, or
> just new to you?  Reason I ask is that the last several system boards 
> we've had
> here (since say '97 anyway) all had/have at least one parallel and two 
> serial
> ports integrated into the system board, so they don't take up a slot. 
> Some
> have the 9 or 25 pin connectors mounted on the edge of the board and some 
> have
> had the ports come to a DIP header, and were supplied with a cable or 
> cables
> with DIP connector on one end and serial connector in the metal angle 
> bracket on
> the other.
>
> In a message dated 4/17/2005 3:30:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
> wxfreqrs at cableone.net writes:
>> got a new computer and it had NO SERIAL cards installed
>> I have 2 in old computer
>> new computer slots are PCI
>> and say not to use 3.5 volt cards in slots
>> how does on determine the voltage on a serial card
>
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