[Ham-Computers] Serial port question

[Brian Gaskamp]

Oh didn't know they made such a creature.

--- On Wed, 1/4/12, Loren Moline WA7SKT <lmoline at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Loren Moline WA7SKT <lmoline at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Serial port question
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 7:14 PM
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> Brian,
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> Buy a USB to seial converter cable.
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> Loren   WA7SKT
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> > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:12:38 -0800
> > From: ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net
> > To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Ham-Computers] Serial port question
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> > Hello to all on the list here, I got a computer
> question that hopefully someone can give me a GOOD answer
> to.
> > 
> > I bought a new Dell desktop computer recently and it
> didn't come with a 9 pin female serial port on it.
> > I need to add a serial port card thru the PCI slot, so
> that I can hook up my Davis weather station back up and
> upload my weather info to weather underground.
> > 
> > I ask a ham about this and he told me to watch what I
> put into the new PC cause the computer industry changed
> stuff a few years ago and not all PCI cards will work in a
> PCI slot on the motherboard.
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> > I thought this would be easy, but the way he explained
> to me it seemed confusing, etc.
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> > I hope I'm explaining all this correctly and if I'm
> not I apologize.
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> > Thanks,
> > Brian
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