Thread: Old School Serial Port on New Motherboards?
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Old October 4th 10, 08:03 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Old School Serial Port on New Motherboards?
On 10/4/2010 11:59 AM, Brian Gregory [UK] wrote:

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If you motherboard doesn't advertise itself as having a serial port it won't
have those pins.

If it does advertise itself as having a serial port it'll come with the
necessary connector, or possibly it'll be an optional extra.


Yes. If you run ancient equipment, you need a USB to serial
dongle/adapter. And, I do have an old SDR which requires one ...

Regards,
JS
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