Hello Group:
Just an fyi. I just received a SIIG Quartet Serial 550 PCI card from CDW
today. Installation was a breeze. I now have 6 com ports, 2 on the
mother board and 4 more from the newly installed card. The only issue
is that my on board com 2 is being called com5 per windows. No big deal
as long as it works. I'm guessing that when I installed the new card I
had a modem installed which was claiming com 2. I deinstalled the modem
(I don't need it since I get to the internet via the lan) and went to
the bios to enable com2. When I brought up the machine it labeled it
com5 since the SIIG card had already claimed com2.
Anyways, I plan on hooking up my 1000mp to each comport to be sure it
works. I'll report back.
The nice thing (assuming the card works) is that the card cost me $89.83
plus $5.49 for shipping. Pretty cheap solution for 4 more comports.
The big plan for all of these comports is to remote control my 1000mp
here at the office so I can operate from home with the rig and antennas
at the office.
73,
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Richard Thorne
ARS: N5ZC
Amarillo, TX
http://www.tcac.net/~rthorne/index.html
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