Thanks for the responses! I appreciate your help. I’ll report back with my
success story ;-)
73,
Jim AF3Z
Jim Goudie — jagoudie@comcast.net
610 Kraybill Church Rd
Mount Joy, PA 17552
> On Jan 13, 2018, at 3:31 PM, Stan Gammons <s_gammons@charter.net> wrote:
>
> On 1/13/2018 2:13 PM, Jim Goudie wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> My Omni VI opt. 3 is hooked up to my old Dell Laptop (new in Dec 2000). I
>> use that connection almost entirely for logging.
>>
>> It’s about time I retire that old laptop, but newer computers don’t have
>> those old wide connections any more (I didn’t look up the name for those
>> thingees); I assume that I’ll probably have to work through a USB port.
>>
>> What it needed to go from the Omni VI opt 3 to a USB port and a good working
>> connection to the computer? If this is old hat stuff, as opposed to Red Hat
>> stuff, feel free to just point me in the right direction….
>>
>>
>
> You'll need a USB to serial adapter. Something like this
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5866899&SRCCODE=3WGOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE&scid=scbplp7378756&sc_intid=7378756&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SC%20Shopping%20-%20Brands%2FNumbers&utm_term=4581458795429691&utm_content=All%20Products
>
> <http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5866899&SRCCODE=3WGOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE&scid=scbplp7378756&sc_intid=7378756&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SC%20Shopping%20-%20Brands%2FNumbers&utm_term=4581458795429691&utm_content=All%20Products>
>
> I would think the cable that's used to connect the rig to the Dell laptop
> will work with an adapter like this. If not, the pinout for the cable is in
> the Omni VI manual.
>
> hth
>
> 73
>
> Stan
> KM4HQE
>
>
>
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