[TenTec] Help me, I'm dumb.

[Dave Edwards]

True....or a commercial version of the same thing. But if he wants to just 
switch the laptop, and make no other changes or additions....a USB to 
parallel....or a different laptop would be required.

...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jack User" <jfriend31 at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Help me, I'm dumb.


> the serial port will key the rig thru a switch made of one transistor,
> one diode and two resistors--as noted in MixW's help files. thus use a
> USB to serial port adapter to the switch to the rig. don't need a
> parallel port or serial port on the computer.
> jack
> ak7o
>
> On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 20:41 -0400, Dave Edwards wrote:
>
>> But he doesn't need a serial port.
>> Parallel???  Didn't know they were also lacking on newer laptops....
>> Perhaps there is a USB to parallel....or find another laptop!!
>> ....Dave
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "jack User" <jfriend31 at comcast.net>
>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Help me, I'm dumb.
>>
>>
>> > try a USB to serial adapter. works great for me to read rig or key CW.
>> > jack
>> > ak7o
>> >
>> > On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 18:44 -0400, RLBrannigan wrote:
>> >
>> >> My faithful old radio dedicated laptop has given up the ghost. Its
>> >> replacement apparently doesn't  have a parallel port. I have been 
>> >> using
>> >> the parallel port for keying via my Win-EQF logging program.
>> >>
>> >> Now what do I do ? ?  ?
>> >>
>> >> Prefer suggestions off the board to  W2EJG  att ARRL   dott net
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