[CQ-Contest] Additional Serial ports

Gary Ferdinand W2CS W2CS at bellsouth.net
Wed Jul 24 20:58:15 EDT 2002


I've used the SIIG PCI serial expansion board on a Windows 98SE computer.
Works like a charm. I believe it installed as COM5 and COM6 if I recall
correctly.

73,

Gary W2CS

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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Additional Serial ports
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> Anyone tried using the SIIG PCI Expander boards?  These seem to
> be much more reasonably priced than the Byterunners and come with
> a 5 year warranty.  (SIIG 2S PCI is $54, and 2 additional ports
> can be added to board for $24, all 4 use same INT.)  I looked at
> the USB to Serial converters and while they may be easy to use,
> are much more expensive (cheapest 4 port was $125).  Any other
> suggestions?
>
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