At 02:56 PM 12/28/2009, Phil Cooper wrote:
>... I am looking to get a new PC - probably a self-build job, and will opt
>to run WinXP + Service Pack 2.
>
>As most new PC's don't have COM ports, I need to find a way to cover the 4
>COM ports I currently have installed....
You can still get PCs with serial and parallel ports built in - I got
one this past summer, and see them advertised still.
Over here I see used PCs (like when a business sold out their old PCs
to the store as they upgraded to new ones) for from $100 up to $200 -
very powerful PCs, typically with Serial, parallel, and XP Pro.
You can add serial ports by plugging in an inexpensive PCI card. I
added two additional serials and one additional parallel to mine -
cost around $25, IIRC.
Jerry W4UK
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