[RTTY] Secondary PCI-Serial Card Instead of USB

[dkerns at cruzio.com]

> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:38:15 -0600
> From: "Jay Kloss" <n4cbk.jay at gmail.com>
> Subject: [RTTY] Secondary PCI-Serial Card Instead of USB
> To: RTTY at contesting.com
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> Greetings all,
> 
> Most modern computers have at least one extra PCI slot available.
> PCI-to-Serial cards are about $10 US, and very easy to install. Add a
> standard serial cable for connecting to the rig and you can control
> both the keying interface as well as the rig itself.
> 
> NewEgg.com has several to choose from, but you can get them anywhere.
> I just picked the cheapest (A Rosewill in this case) and it worked the
> first time with no trouble. In less than five minutes I had complete
> rig control through its serial port, while maintaining the
> keying/audio control through the Rigblaster.

Do you have any recommendations for four-port serial cards?

(I've got rig-control, keying, packet and UPS control to worry about...)

73 de
Donald