On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:11:51 GMT, "Alan Gardiner"
wrote:

The reason I suggested USB is than the traditional serial port is becoming
obsolete, my recently acquired laptop is all USB and manufacturers can save
money by not including them on desktop machines.


Certainly and that's obviously a good reason for going the USB route
and, if not for a current PC, then it will offer some futureproofing
for a new PC whenever it might be bought (though external
serial-to-USB adapters will be around for a long time I suspect).

But if you do have a choice of serial or USB ports then serial is
still IMO marginally the better choice for reliability and
flexibility.

John Dann
www.weatherstations.co.uk