Jim,
I am using one. I first go it to use with my Dell Dimension computer for
HF. But although it installed ok and worked fine. Until I powered off the
computer and tried to restart the next day. Then I would get a Win98 error
message (from a very low level of the operating system - like when it was
doing hardware checks before loading) and Win98 was dead. The only way I
could restart was to physically remove the USB cable. Comtrol had never
heard of such a problem, so were not of any help.
On the other hand, the unit has been running just fine for almost a year on
my Dell Latitude portable computer on the VHF side. It works great.
So try it.
Jerry, W6IHG
At 08:21 PM 7/20/01 -0700, Jim McDonald wrote:
>I have a Belkin hub, but need more serial ports. This one looks interesting
>to me. Anyone tried it? It's a Belkin 98270-8, a separate box with a USB
>to 4 DB-9 connectors for $130 from buy.com.
>
>Here's a link:
>
>http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10238214&loc=14617
>
>Jim N7US
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Thorne" <rthorne@tcac.net>
>To: "Write Log (maillist)" <writelog@contesting.com>
>Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 2:22 PM
>Subject: [WriteLog] White Heat USB to Serial
>
>
>
>I was at K5NA's place for IARU this past weekend. He had a WhiteHeat
>USB to 4 db9 serial adapter. Looks like a nice box. Anyone using it
>with Writelog? He had one on his packet cluster with 4 kantronics TNCs
>attached working very well.
>
>While searching the web page I also found a Blue Heat PCI card. They
>have different kinds from 2 ports to 8 ports. The 8 port has the option
>of having a box with the db9's installed which may be convenient. The
>web site also says it supports 5,6,7 or 8 data bits, so that may be a
>plus for fsk.
>
>The web sites are:
>
>The following is the retailer in NC that sells them:
>
>http://www.emj.com/products/comnet/cti.html
>
>Connect Techs web site:
>
>http://www.connecttech.com
>
>I like the USB route if it will work. That would give 6 com ports,
>which should handle most requirements. However there is no info (that I
>could find) that says wether the WhiteHeat USB to Serial converter will
>handle 5 bits of data. I'll shoot them a note and find out.
>
>Anyways, is anyone using either of the above that would care to comment?
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Richard Thorne
>N5ZC
>Amarillo, TX
>http://www.tcac.net/~rthorne/html.index
>
>
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