[TRLog] Serial card question

Gary Ferdinand W2CS w2cs@bellsouth.net
Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:02:30 -0500


You probably have a 1-port board as you fear.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trlog-admin@contesting.com [mailto:trlog-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Mark Beckwith
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:06 AM
> To: trlog@contesting.com
> Subject: [TRLog] Serial card question
> 
> 
> Quick question.  I have an old card which does "2 serial ports."  
> There is a
> big empty socket on it.  Does this mean that to use serial port 
> #2 I have to
> buy/scrounge a chip?
> 
> The instructions have a chip number in parenthesis in that spot 
> on the board
> but nothing to the effect of "this board really only does one serial port
> out of the box; if you want to use 2 you have to get the missing chip?"
> 
> Anyone been-here-done-this?
> 
> Mark, N5OT
> 
> 
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