Author: margolies,marc
Date: 20:30:44 09/17/03
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Mike-- consider buying a PCI serial controller card for your dell at a computer flea market or on the net. you should be able to by-pass the faulty controller on the mobo that way. I'll bet you can do it for less than the cost of a new cable because there is no demand for such. On September 17, 2003 at 23:11:18, Mike Byrne wrote: >On September 17, 2003 at 12:25:42, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On September 16, 2003 at 22:52:51, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>Why not? You can purchase a USB version of DGT now. Before you had to buy a >>USB serial converter. >> >> >>Terry > > >you're right it should work -- it has something to do with the Axim serial cable >not behaving like a true serial cable -- there are all kinds of devices that >need a serial connection that does not work with the axim ...(sigh) perhaps the >USB board will work, but I already have a serial board ...somebody with a good >electronic back ground could probably re-wire the cable to make it work ..it's >beyond my level of expertise --there is much more on this if you search "dell >axim serial" on google... the serial cable from dell is not cheap (for a stupid >cable, around $40)) ...I heard it did not work and I did not want to buy the >cable unless somebody told me they got it to owrk
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