Re: Serial port recommendations?

From: Bob Nielsen (qfdgeru.mzevq@sas.com)
Date: Tue Aug 27 2002 - 10:00:20 EEST

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    Thanks for the tip. They appear to sell through several sources who
    put their own part number on the cards (there is a direct special
    shown, but the offer expired last year!). The cross-reference doesn't
    show the card I was intererested, but based on what IS shown, I think I
    found it (a 4-port 16550-based PCI card) at JDR for a fairly good
    price ($66).

    Bob N7XY

    On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 03:54:15PM -0700, James Cutler wrote:
    > 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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    Bob Nielsen, N7XY                          uvka.hfkgux@mx.dy.fi
    Bainbridge Island, WA  
    IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S 
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