Re: [TenTec] Any update on a replacement for the Orion II?

[K8JHR <jrichards@k8jhr.com>]

On 4/7/2014 11:06 AM, Kimberly Elmore wrote:
  that's what people use: a USB-to-RS232 adapter since no one puts 
RS232 ports on either desktop motherboards of laptops anymore.
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NOT SO, DICK TRACY !   There IS a way.

I use a 4-port serial port PCIe I/O add-on card that gave my new 
computer 4 old fashioned serial ports.   NO USB-SERIAL ADAPTERs in my 
shack.  These look and act and feel just like regular built-in serial 
ports, so no finicky oddball drivers.  No issue with potentially bogus 
bootleg Prolific brand chips.
Cost - $20

Problem solved.  There is no reason to pay more for a USB-to-Serial 
adapter cable and suffer its little idiosyncrasies.
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