Re: No serial ports

[Matt Ion <soundy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

R.H.Campbell wrote:
> I have tried the "USB to serial converter" and found it simply didn't work
> in all the cases I tried. Personally, I only use a laptop that has a serial
> port, which means an older one. This is no problem, since the alarm software
> is pretty "low end" in regards to the laptop it needs....

That's my thinking too... I've noticed that USB-to-serial adapters don't
always work for "esoteric" uses (ie. just about anything other than a
modem). You should have no problem finding an older Pentium or Pentium
II (or similar AMD) laptop with a REAL serial port for maybe a couple
hundred bucks that will run Win98SE or Win2K nicely, along with the
requisite software.


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