A.J. wrote:
The only solution that I can think of is to purchase a USB-to-serial converter, which will give you a DB9 serial port (and sometimes an 8-pin mini-DIN port as well). Here's one:
Thanks, I'll try this first. > Keep in mind that PC applications that communicate with the serial > port using IRQ 3 and 4 will not work with the converter. (At least, > that's what I heard anyway...) Well, it's a start. Perhaps XP will do better. Cheers, Mike T.