[TenTec] Any update on a replacement for the Orion II?
K8JHR
jrichards at k8jhr.com
Mon Apr 7 12:10:10 EDT 2014
On 4/7/2014 11:06 AM, Kimberly Elmore wrote:
that's what people use: a USB-to-RS232 adapter since no one puts
RS232 ports on either desktop motherboards of laptops anymore.
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NOT SO, DICK TRACY ! There IS a way.
I use a 4-port serial port PCIe I/O add-on card that gave my new
computer 4 old fashioned serial ports. NO USB-SERIAL ADAPTERs in my
shack. These look and act and feel just like regular built-in serial
ports, so no finicky oddball drivers. No issue with potentially bogus
bootleg Prolific brand chips.
Cost - $20
Problem solved. There is no reason to pay more for a USB-to-Serial
adapter cable and suffer its little idiosyncrasies.
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