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Sam Goldwasser
 
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"Travis Jordan" writes:

Sam Goldwasser wrote:
Anyone have an extra one of these laying around? I need to be able to
control two RS232 devices from one laptop.


Got USB ports on that laptop? How about a serial-to-USB adapter?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
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Sorry, this is a dinosaur - but a useful dinosur though since it servces my
needs in controlling lasers and data acquisition widgets.

What about a parallel to serial port converter?

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