> I just recently bought two identical WinXP PCs that had a DB9 serial 
> port in them. In
> one PC, the DB9 serial port won't work right out of the box. 
> But the USB 
> section works,
> so I use a USB<>serial cable and all is well. Go figure...<G>

The mainboard serial port of my main PC (bought 5 y ago) never worked
OK. That's probably more a driver issue than hardware. I always use my
(Wisp628) programmers with an usb-serial converter.

Wouter van Ooijen

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