[WriteLog] [RTTY] Multi-port serial boards

[Richard Thorne]

I installed a SIIG on my XP machine.  Its been a while, but some message during
the install prompted me to get the latest and greatest driver from the SIIG web
site.  It installed fine.  I do remember that I had to run the driver software 4
times, one for each com port.

One of these days I need to build up the FSK interface and try using the com
ports to see if it will work.



Ron Stordahl wrote:

> When I installed the  Byterunner card in a new Windows XP system it did warn
> me that the driver was not approved or certified or something like that, but
> I went ahead anyway and it works just fine.  I asked the guy at Byterunner
> about this and he said that it is very costly for them to get certified and
> so had not as yet been willing to spend the money.  Sounds like they have to
> have it certified by an independent testing lab.  It would be more
> satisfying if they had done so but that was his explanation.
>
> Maybe SIIG has spent the cash to do this?  Anyone installed one of them on
> XP would know as they wouldn't get a warning message if it had been
> certified.
>
> Ron N5IN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Turner" <w7ti@dslextreme.com>
> To: <w2up@mindspring.com>
> Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>; "RTTY Reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] [RTTY] Multi-port serial boards
>
> > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:45:31 -0000, Barry  wrote:
> >
> > >My second station computer died, so I'm planning to replace it. As all
> > >the new systems now are PCI only, I'm looking for recommendations for
> > >a 4 COM port PCI card that shares 1 IRQ.
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> >
> > I can't answer about sharing one IRQ, but if you're running WinXP or
> > might run it in the future, be sure to get an XP compatible card.  Not
> > all of them are, as I found out the hard way.  :-)
> >
> > Now that I have XP running ok I love it, but there are a multitude of
> > incompatibilities with older hardware and software.  The Microsoft web
> > site has an interactive compatibility checker which is pretty accurate,
> > but not 100%.
> >
> > Bill, W7TI
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Richard Thorne
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