Pete Snell wrote:
Winston wrote:

Pete Snell wrote:

The 9 pin port is a priority for me as well, as the USB type adapters
don't seem to do well in an electrically noisy environment.

(...)

Pete, I wonder if a PCMCIA serial card would help:

http://www.pcmciagear.com/


Thanks Winston, it is an option I was checking out. Hopefully it
would be more stable than the USB-9pin converters. Anyone actually try one?

I haven't, but there's a way to *make* one from an old modem!

http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/diyserial.html

--Winston