Jackyl_30

I just bought a brand new HP Pavillion 1.1Gz notebook. As it turns out it does not have a serial port. I guess serial ports are going by the way side and USB is taking over. My notebook has 2 USB ports. The problem is that Autotap and LS1 Edit need to have serial ports to connect their cables. What have any of you done to resolve this issue? I see that there are serial to USB adapters out there. Like this one: http://usbgear.com/usa/item_288.html Is that what I need to fix this issue?

horist

Damn.. same problem I had... I have a 1Ghz Pavilion

I bought a Belkin USB Adapter and it works, but they dont have support for DOS under Windows XP

You can also buy the docking station for it and it has a regular serial port

Jackyl_30

I don't plan on running any DOS versions of these programs. So I should be ok with one of these adapters?

horist

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Jackyl_30:
<strong>I don't plan on running any DOS versions of these programs. So I should be ok with one of these adapters?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I can't say for certain w/all of the adapters, but I would imagine yes <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

I've run LS1 Edit and Autotap w/my Belkin USB to Serial and it works fine in windows.

Jackyl_30

are you running Win XP?

horist

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Jackyl_30:
<strong>are you running Win XP?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yup <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> I've run my USB to Serial w/LS1 Edit and Autotap in the following OS's

Windows XP Home
Windows XP Pro
Windows 98 SE