[RTTY] USB to Serial adapters

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:36:12 -0700
   From: Jeff Stai WK6I <wk6i at twistedoak.com>

   hi John - I also don't want to sound mean - but I found reasons to
   be deeply disappointed in my fairly new Dell laptop, which was
   purchased because it was a model that had a serial port, not to
   mention vast tracts of screen space (Inspiron 8600).

   I have been working on getting SO2R going for the first time for
   the WW.  This laptop does not have a "Line In" input, only a
   microphone input - which is not stereo. Therefore, I have no way of
   getting two sound channels into this laptop to run both radios....

   My current solution is side-by-side laptops networked and each
   running their own rig - barely have the space for that...

   I think I am going to get one of those little desktop chassis boxes and 
   build up a shack system from scratch!

   73 - jeff wk6i

A much easier solution is to get a USB sound card, which has line in
and out. I have one from Creative with RCA connectors, which I trust
somewhat more than I do the common 3.5mm stereo phone connectors.
It's probably better quality audio, too.

73, doug