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Subject:	Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!!!!!!!!!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics.rcx
Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:35:41 GMT
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I can't hook up my ir tower to my new laptop, and the IR tower for MS 2.0 is not due out for another six weeks!!!!!!! My home computer finally bit the dust, so I bought this laptop Saturday without even looking at the serial port (or lack thereof). Has anyone successfully done any outputs with Parallel, USB, or Firewire? These are the ports I have available. thanks for the help Rob

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		Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
(...) There are external Serial ports that you can buy and plug into your USB ports. I would think that might be the easiest way to go. Eric Kingsley (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

		Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
(...) I am not sure if the USB serial ports work for all applications. You might want to be a bit careful. I have some older programs which expect to find real hardware COM ports and they don't recognise the USB variety. JB (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

		Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
I have successfully used a Belkin USB to Serial Adapter on my IBM laptop. Below is a link to the latest model: (URL) <rmhendrix@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GGxsvH.Gw8@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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