Average customer rating: 4.0
  • Great Value, Flawless Operation, A bit dodgy install
 STARTECH.COM PCI2S1P Pci I/o Card 2 Ser 1 Par Port

Manufacturer: STARTECH.COM
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0000510SW

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Product Description

The StarTech.com 2 Serial 1 Parallel PCI Multi I/O Card is a high performance add-in card providing PC workstations or servers with 2 16C650 serial ports capable of error-free data transfer up to 430 Kbps, and 1 EPP/ECP parallel port. This solution is ideal for ISDN terminal adapters or serial equipment that require fast data transfer, and adding a second printer, scanner, or other parallel device. Drivers for Windows 95, 98, NT4, and Windows 2000 are included.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Value, Flawless Operation, A bit dodgy install.......2006-12-13

These days, you still spend over $1000 bux on a computer, and wham bam, the 9 pin serial port is GONE! GONE I TELL YOU! RS232 Lovers UNITE!! SAVE OUR COM PORTS! <--Builds picket signs, marching on the capitol.

I occasionally take work home with me and need to review programs in embedded systems. This worked flawlessly. The only issue I had, hence a lost star, was the install routine was extremely confusing. I have learned with windows to keep hitting "go" and don't waste time reading. I had to hit a dialog box which had the same message in it 7 times. Had the text changed, I would have felt a lot more comfortable. I thought I was going to be in an endless loop, then it just stopped and was fully installed on my XP system. So if you buy this, just keep hitting OK even if it looks like the program is doing the same thing over and over again. NOTE: for older programs that can only access COM1-4 (pre USB software) you will have to MANUALLY reassign your COM port to the lower numbers. Be sure to remember your reassignments. We can't use the DOS redirect command either :( (Hooray for those who remember the redirect command in DOS!)

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