Posted by Angus Manwaring on 05/07/06 10:48

On 06-May-06 19:24:12, AlanG said
>On 6 May 2006 16:7:17 +0000, "Angus Manwaring"
><angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>>

>Used to be able to get a PCI board with serial ports on it from
>Maplins for about �20 IIRC. The other way is to put a USB card in if
>the MB can take it.

>The serial port failure happened to me a few years ago. One of the
>UARTs failed. Gave the PC to someone who didn't have a phone or cable
>connection so wasn't bothered about putting a modem in. He did put a
>USB card in though so he put a mouse to that and used the serial port
>for connecting his mobile phone.

Interesting. Okay, thanks for the info.


All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)

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