Thread: No RS232 port alternative
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Re: No RS232 port alternative
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Originally Posted by JamesBrown View Post
Something like this could work.

http://www.quatech.com/catalog/rs232_pcmcia.php
I advise caution with the Quatech cards. The connector between the actual card and the cable is crap. I have three of the Quatech 4 port cards (QSP-100) at work and they are all but useless. I can't keep the cables connected to the card. I also tried the Socket brand of PCMCIA to Serial and they are OK but buffer the data. I use them at work to collect field data from instruments and when your GPS time tag data is 5 minutes older than your instrument data it tends to cause problems later in processing. I have had no problems since switching to USB-RS232 converters from IOGear.