[Ham-Mac] serial port advice needed please

[William Mahaffey]

> Just joined the list and have been on Macs since an LCII.
Probably 
> owned more Macs than ham radios!  Using a MDD dual 1.25
gHz now and 
> just ordered a Ten Tec radio with upgradeable firmware.
The rig has a 
> serial port and I'm planning ahead.  Looking for  some
advice on 
> installing the firmware upgrades.  In reviewing the
archives I see that 
> Keyspan serial to USB adapters are recommended but I don't
think that 
> will help since I would have to install in a Windows
environment I 
> believe.  I used Virtual PC several years ago with Windows
95 and 
> wonder if that is the only way to go short of
buying/building a Winbloz 
> machine--sheesss.  Just the thought of it.
> 
> Sure appreciate advice and experience.
> 
> tnx, Gary WB7FCQ
> 
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I have used keyspan and vpc to upgrade my jupiter
a couple times with no hint of a problem.

works fine. not to worry.  :-)

bill w6eet