99% of the laptops out there these days have only USB ports. To use them with older serially controlled devices, you have to use a USB-to-serial converter. I happen to like the Keyspan products, but there are many others available. 73, Jim KQ6EA
--- On Fri, 10/3/08, WB2LLP [email protected] wrote:
From: WB2LLP [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Computer hardware To: "AMSAT -BB" [email protected] Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 7:53 AM I am looking for a newer laptop but when I read the ads, I notice that serial and parallel ports are not listed. Are they not in use and if so, what is used instead to control the radios and rotators?
Gene
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