[mythtv-users] I am thinking of going to DISH

Tim Litwiller timlitw at gmail.com
Sat Jun 9 04:26:39 UTC 2007


Both p4 machine I could use only have one serial port.  I haven't use an
rs232 serial port in years I almost forgot about them.


Not USB, standard serial, as in RS-232. And it's only *some* receivers,
> check it out first.
>
> Some mobos have only 1 serial port, some have none, if you were to
> control 2 receivers you'd need 2 serial ports, so you might have to go
> with an add-in card, which would take up a PCI slot. If buying a mobo
> from scratch you'd want to make sure it had 2 serial ports if at all
> possible.
>
> There are USB-to-Serial adapters of course, but they need drivers...
>
> Nothing is ever easy.
>
> BEWW
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