Re: Serial port recommendations?

From: James Cutler (dbqohib.lriob@edus.si)
Date: Tue Aug 27 2002 - 01:54:15 EEST

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    I've had good luck with both PCI and ISA cards from Dolphin.
    http://www.dolphinfast.com/

    I bought two of the cards, took the UART chips out of one, and
    placed them in the other for a 4 port card.

    Bob Nielsen wrote:

    >I just built a new computer (1 GHz Celeron) for the shack. It has 2
    >onboard serial ports and I was wondering what would be the best way to
    >add additional ports. I figure I need 2-3 for packet, one for rig
    >control, one for RTTY/PSK31 PTT and one for CW keying (5-6 total if I
    >don't switch connectors). The motherboard has several PCI slots and
    >one ISA, as well as two USB connectors. I have one old 2-port ISA
    >board and I've seen USB-to-serial adapters, but figure a 4-port serial
    >adapter might be best. I haven't seen any of these recently, however.
    >The software I will be using is kernel AX.25 + DX Spider + Xastir
    >(packet) and TLF (contesting and general HF use), plus something for
    >RTTY and PSK31, (I haven't decided exactly what yet.)
    >
    >Any suggestions on the best way to get additional serial ports?
    >
    >73, Bob N7XY
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