Let me add that you can buy a "bare bones" computer which means
that the motherboard, floppy, memory, CR, etc are already
installed. Just add hard disk (or move the one from the old
computer which is what I did) and a display card and you have a
working computer.
73 Stan, N3HS
-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com] On Behalf Of FireBrick
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 5:39 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Ports
The other way to around the ports issue is to build your own PC.
Which is really quite easy.
The main issue is the motherboard.
Many sites such as Tiger Direct, give very thorough descriptions
of the
motherboards and their features such as ports.
Pick a motherboard/cpu combo that does have the ports and speed
you need and
it's a piece of cake after that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Crossland" <Bob.Crossland@adelphia.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:28 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Ports
> Hello to all.
>
> I've been considering buying a new (newer) PC and am concerned
about one
> thing, and that is the lack of serial ports. The new PC's seem
to come
> loaded with USB's and only one serial port and I'm wondering
how the RTTY
> operators get past that issue. Do you convert the USB's to
serial ports?
> Do you install serial port cards?
>
> Thanks and Happy Holidays.
>
> Bob, N3FR
>
>
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