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Re: serial port

Subject: Re: serial port
From: Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:10:05 +0000
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk
On 2006-12-31, philo <philo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> "Tony Pacc" <tpacc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:12pfs6icontv682@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I have US Robotics external Courier v everything modem connected to my
>> serial port,I am getting a new computer and it has no serial port,only usb
>> ports,is there any way I can connect this,serial port to usb cable,or add
>> serial port pci card,any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks
>
> Although there are USB to serial converters that may work...
> since you are getting a new machine...just get one with a modem already
> installed...
> it will probably be cheaper and more reliable than the converter

Internal modems are a pain - and most of them are 'winmodems', relying on 
the RAM and CPU of the computer itself, which is even more of a pain.

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