ML> PQ>> I kind that of know the feeling. Both of the two Dell desktop PCs   
   ML> PQ>> currently used here don't have any COM ports! You do realize how   
   ML> PQ>> frustrating that is for a Fidonet sysop, don't you? Sort of like an   
   ML> PQ>> Irishman in a room full of shovels being told to 'take his pick'. ;)   
      
   ML> KW> While I like having a serial port available on my 10+ year old BBS syst   
   ML>I'd   
   ML> KW> take a dual core box with a 64-bit OS and a USB modem any day.   :)   
      
   ML>there are also USB to DB9 and i think DB25 serial ports available... or ther   
   ML>were...   
      
   I rencently found out that USRobotics now has a USB phone line Modem   
   for those with the new computers with no serial ports.   
      
   Web Link:   
      
   http://www.usr.com/en/products/56k-dialup-modem/usr5637/   
      
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