I use the Byterunner (VScom PCI-800) which gives 8 additional serial ports.
It works quite well in Win98 and in Redhat Linux version 7.1 In Win98 there
was some problem in getting the board installed properly. I had to manually
change the address space (in the Win98 System Hardware Setup) that the board
uses because it conflicted with the address space used by my USR 56K PCI
modem board.
Of course, the software must be able to see the extra available ports. Many
32 bit applications are written to allow that. I do not know about timing
issues. I am using the board for reading and writing to the RS-232
interface of my 1000MP for Writelog and Logic 5 and also to control a HAL
RTTY modem. It also works fine in Hotsyncing with my Palm Vx device in Win98
and Linux.
Hope this helps,
Damon W7MD
Tucson, AZ
On Thursday 24 January 2002 05:47 pm, Mike Rhodes wrote:
> Wondering if anyone has had occassion to play with the above mentioned
> Byterunner USB to 232 converter ($125) or its siblings? I have the 4S/2P
> ISA card from Byterunner (TC-420) but can't seem to get it running since I
> went to a 40gig HD with a PCI ATA100 adapter. Suspect the ATA card is the
> culprit but apparently eliminating the ATA card is not just a matter of
> swapping the cable back to the onboard IDE controller - at least it didn't
> work the one time I tried it.
> I'm thinking (hoping) that the onboard serial ports could be used for the
> packet TNC and FSK/CW connections and the USB>232 ports would be ok for rig
> control, modem, PK232 TU, and whatever else I can think to hook up (rotor
> control someday). I know there have been issues mentioned in the past but
> think a lot of it was around 5 vs 8 level and response times. Hopefully the
> items I choose to hang off the converter would be able to tolerate any
> timing issues.
> Your thoughts/experiences?? The price is pretty reasonable and could
> possible make things a lot simpler for the laptop users too.
> Thanks.
>
> Mike / W8DN
>
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