RE: PC: Serial Ports

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

That's not specially expensive though.. works out at £20 per port, which is
typically less than any of the USB - RS232 adapters that are available...

Paul G.


>From: "James, Daniel" <daniel.james@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: "'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PC: Serial Ports
>Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:30:37 -0000
>
>Action.com
>
>http://www1.action.com/cgi-bin/product.x6?CATNO=690861
>
>But sit down, there not cheap!
>
>Daniel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:Tony.BUTLER@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 05 February 2002 13:28
>To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
>Subject: [ukha_d] PC: Serial Ports
>
>
>I'm sure I'm not the first to have this problem - a serious shortage in
the
>serial port department:-(
>
>Anyone got any good sources for said items?  A 4 port PCI card or
similar
>would be nice - or even an additional 2 ports would do.
>
>Back in the good old days when 'on board serial/parallel ports' was
just a
>pipe dream, you could get serial IO cards ten-a-penny. (NB:  this is
not
>the
>begginning of another 'when I were a lad' thread :-)))
>These days it all I can see are 8 port jobbies costing 100's for
specialist
>high speed comms.
>I don't need high speed, I just need more ports.
>
>OR USB versions of CM11/Slink-e/Intersekt etc.... :-)
>
>cheers,
>
>
>Tony
>
>
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