Yes, I have a SIIG two port PCI card installed with Win XP Home.
I've had it for quite a while so I don't recall if I had to get a
new driver as Ron mentions. But, doing so is no big deal, it is
available on SIIG's web site. The ports work fine and seem to be
100% RS-232 compatible.
That's more than I can say for the RocketPort USB to 4 port serial
hub that I have. That works for some things but not for others and
I often have to unplug and replug the USB cable to get the system
to recognize it. Their XP driver is a beta version and has been so
for months!
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73, Rich - W3ZJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of
> Richard Thorne
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:08 PM
> To: Ron Stordahl
> Cc: w7ti@dslextreme.com; w2up@mindspring.com;
> writelog@contesting.com;
> RTTY Reflector
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] [RTTY] Multi-port serial boards
>
>
> I installed a SIIG on my XP machine. Its been a while,
> but some message during
> the install prompted me to get the latest and greatest
> driver from the SIIG web
> site. It installed fine. I do remember that I had to
> run the driver software 4
> times, one for each com port.
>
> One of these days I need to build up the FSK interface
> and try using the com
> ports to see if it will work.
>
>
>
> Ron Stordahl wrote:
>
> > When I installed the Byterunner card in a new
> Windows XP system it did warn
> > me that the driver was not approved or certified or
> something like that, but
> > I went ahead anyway and it works just fine. I asked
> the guy at Byterunner
> > about this and he said that it is very costly for
> them to get certified and
> > so had not as yet been willing to spend the money.
> Sounds like they have to
> > have it certified by an independent testing lab. It
> would be more
> > satisfying if they had done so but that was his explanation.
> >
> > Maybe SIIG has spent the cash to do this? Anyone
> installed one of them on
> > XP would know as they wouldn't get a warning message
> if it had been
> > certified.
> >
> > Ron N5IN
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Turner" <w7ti@dslextreme.com>
> > To: <w2up@mindspring.com>
> > Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>; "RTTY Reflector"
> <rtty@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WriteLog] [RTTY] Multi-port serial boards
> >
> > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:45:31 -0000, Barry wrote:
> > >
> > > >My second station computer died, so I'm planning
> to replace it. As all
> > > >the new systems now are PCI only, I'm looking for
> recommendations for
> > > >a 4 COM port PCI card that shares 1 IRQ.
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________
> > >
> > > I can't answer about sharing one IRQ, but if you're
> running WinXP or
> > > might run it in the future, be sure to get an XP
> compatible card. Not
> > > all of them are, as I found out the hard way. :-)
> > >
> > > Now that I have XP running ok I love it, but there
> are a multitude of
> > > incompatibilities with older hardware and software.
> The Microsoft web
> > > site has an interactive compatibility checker which
> is pretty accurate,
> > > but not 100%.
> > >
> > > Bill, W7TI
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