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Old 16-08-2008, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Omaroo View Post
...or try a PCMCIA serial adapter. I've had far more success with these than with USB, and if you have a PCMCIA slot you can use, you get an additional USB port you thought you lost otherwise.
I you check device manager you'll find that these devices install themselves as a USB device, so 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other. They prolly work more consistantly because most laptops have crap usb ports in the first place which can't supply either the current or the speed required.
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