Re: problem hooking laptop to serial port

[James Ervin <james kites org>]

Well, If you have looked and you are sure that you can not enable the other
port in the BIOS (which may very well be) then just run one device at a
time on the port, or get a serial port expansion board (cheap for two more
ports).  I have an expansion board in one of my boxes and have four serial
ports and to printer ports.  Nice for hanging things off of the box.  They
are sometimes called IO cards and run about $15.00.  There are other
options, but don't give up on the bios, perhaps call the bios mnfgr.


>You're right -- it's not enabled.  Not only that, enabling it doesn't
>seem to be an option.  I wonder why it's there?  It's not just a
>connector -- there's definitely a cable connecting it to the
>motherboard. 
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James Ervin
City of Bedford Network Administration
admin ci bedford va us
(540)586-7156