Re: No serial ports

[Michael <sirflannelNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been using an Averatec laptop with no serial port for over a year
now. I've tried a few different USB->serial adapters, and the Belkin
F5U103 to work mostly best. It has a minor glitch (it gives a weird
error when using Compass on a direct connection, but it does work),
and it doesn't work for Napco (I still use the DOS version). But it's
the one that works well with all the panels, and even hooked up to a
Hayes Smartmodem 2400. On the other hand, I could have used the
adapter that each manufaturer recommended, but that would have left me
with... (counting in head)... 6 different adapters that do the exact
same thing... no thanks

On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 13:59:19 -0700, "alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>OK, here's a chance for you to talk about alarm stuff.
>
>I have been looking for a new laptop, and almost bought one, until I
>realized that none of the ones I've seen have a serial port. Since I use my
>laptop program and download alarm controls through an external modem, the
>serial port would come in handy. I know there are serial port adapters, and
>I might settle for that arrangement if it works with my external Hayes and
>Practical Peripheral modems. OTOH, I have seen laptops on the internet with
>a serial port, but the selection is slim.
>
>What are you guys doing?
>js
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