Notebook required

[AtW]

Re: Real antique.

details information on all ports should be on sites of company-manufacturer.

all fails I can sell you my old laptop with rare COM ports for bargain £5k

[zeitghost]

Re: Real antique.

Don't think they are quite that rare, AtW.

[Vetran]

Re: Real antique.

USB / Serial adapter £20 (Maplin), multiport pcmcia card ~ £200 Grey matter.

[Mark Snowdon]

usb/serial

Vetran - I know several people who have tried these and had problems.

I think that the mini-docking station is the best bet.

ASB

how easy is it for you to create a mini app that tests the serial port for your needs ? Would you need to have your hardware physically present ? No chance of just putting some software on a cd and taking it round the shops ?

[ASB]

And the answer is

Dell 8600 with parallel and serial port. Pentium M 1.7, 1 x 512mb, I'll get another 512 for 95 quid. 15.4 1920 x 1200 screen.

A 2 port PCMCIA card can be got for 90 quid I might try a USB/Serial hub since if it doesn't work propertly it is no great loss.

Thanks for all your help.

[Vetran]

Re: And the answer is

I've had no problem with mine, talked to loads of things with it. Not tried programming against it using anything clever, so that may be the problem.

[giannis1]

Notebook required

How does it sounds? Only one serial but it has 3 USB ports, you can connect a usb to give you a serial connector.

Intel Pentium Mobile 4 3.0GHz Processor
512 DDR RAM Memory
60Gb Ultra DMA-100 Hard Drive
15 SXGA TFT Screen (1400 x 1050 x 16m)
64Mb ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 Graphics
Built-In Video Camera
DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Internal Floppy Disk Drive
Firewire, 3x USB 2.0 Ports
56k Modem, 10/100Mbps LAN
Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Ability Office 2002
Antivirus Software

Model: Iridium starbook 865
Price: £1,430.00 including vat
much cheaper than this website www.atv-computers.co.uk/s...cts_id=118

One year Warranty, let me know.

Giannis

[jmiom2004]

ComPort consolidator via USB2

I know extra devices, are a pain to drag around, but we just implemented a 8 Serial device solution for a POS system.

We used 2 Comtrol RocketPort USB II devices without much hassle. They are nice and small too, about the size of a spare battery.

Contact Tony Elveridge @ Control Europe

Contact Information-
Comtrol Europe Limited
Unit 2
Avonbury Business Park
Howes Lane
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 2UA
Great Britain

Tel +44 (0) 1869 323220
Fax +44 (0) 1869 323211


Tell him I sent you, and he will charge you double! No seriously they are good devices, and each unit can present upto 4 Com ports via USB. The host machine sees them as separate Com ports.

Let me know what price he offers them at, I may be able to get a discount. We just bought hundreds!

Cheers

JM

[JPHCCFC]

Re: ComPort consolidator via USB2

Ive just bought this beauty for £900, and i can say its an absolute bargain:-

www.tchibo.co.uk/is-bin/I...KU=0001970

Spec

The family entertainer
Forget the flicks. Forget the stereo system and DVD player. Forget your old PC. This laptop takes you into a new dimension of entertainment! Write and rewrite DVD´s or CD-ROM´s, turn your living room into a home cinema, surf the net with Wireless LAN - in any room and at any time! Are you ready for this new dimension?

Software (OEM versions):


Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M processor 2600+
512 MB DDR RAM
60 GB hard drive
Multi Standard DVD /CD Burner (DVD-RW/-R/+RW/+R & DVD-ROM & CD-RW / -R)
15.4" TFT Widescreen Display (15:10)
ATI™ Mobility® Radeon® graphics with up to 128 MB shared memory
Internal 56K V.90 modem
10/100 MBit/s. Fast Ethernet network card
Software (OEM versions):

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition, pre-installed
Microsoft® Works 7.0 & Entertainment Pack, containing:
Microsoft® Encarta
Microsoft® Picture IT Photo
Microsoft® Flight Simulator 2004
Cyberlink Home Cinema
Ahead Nero Burning ROM 6
Pinnacle InstantCopy
Power Director
Music Match
Power DVD
Internet access software:

AOL
Accessories:

Laptop bag
Li-ion battery
"Ice Age" DVD
Weight: approx. 2.9 kg