On 15 Dec 2005 09:33:19 -0800, "eljainc"
wrote:

Do you have to have a serial port on the laptop? Many newer
laptops/notebooks no longer supply a serial port. One solution you may
consider if you get stuck is a USB to serial converter. There are so
many of them out there. A few of them are junk. One that I have found
to work is the Belkin F5U109. I am even able to get it to work with
MS-DOS applications that run in a window in WinXP. The drivers allow
you to select a different COM port in the setup.

Mike McWhinney

I couldn't even get the Belkin to work with my HP. That's when I gave
up and got an old laptop with a serial port.

Dick