serial ports and laptops

blkdragon6 · 11-09-2000, 05:27 PM

Hello there,

I've noticed that most laptops only have one serial port and I was wondering what the best solution for adding a serial port might be (excluding usb converters)?

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Weston · 11-09-2000, 09:53 PM

I've seen PCMCIA serial cards, but they are kind of expensive (like $100 and up). Otherwise it's USB-to-serial.

Or, if your laptop has a docking station option, that might give you more ports, but that's not really practical...

blkdragon6 · 11-09-2000, 10:14 PM

Yeah, all of those options are rather expensive. Actually, I was looking into some type of parellel port to serial port adapter but haven't found a thing.