[RTTY] Need more com ports?

[David Hachadorian]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 3:35 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Need more com ports?


> If anyone needs to add one or more com ports, here is a single-port
> PCI card for just $9.99 including free shipping in the USA:
>
> http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/productdetails.asp?submit=&item=15-124-010&ATT=
>
> Works with all Windows versions from Win98SE and newer, Linux, DOS.
>
> It's a one day offer, Saturday only.




That SYBA card is a good deal if you need just one additional com 
port, and have an available irq. Some modern computers don't have ANY 
spare irq's.


I like the SYBA 4-port card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124019
All four of its com ports can share one irq. If your computer doesn't 
have any spare irq's, you can disable com 1 or com 2 on the 
motherboard, freeing up irq 3 or 4 for the SYBA. In that case, you 
will end up with 5 com ports, which is plenty for so2r rtty.


Using the same approach, you can get seven or eight com ports with the 
SYBA six-port card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124025

I can attest that Newegg is a reputable outfit, with great customer 
service, and that the SYBA 4-port card works FB, using one irq, in 
both DOS and Windows.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ