© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Serial_Adapters Recent content written about Serial Adapters en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_474572492420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author miksirhc - The FP10 makes recording into your computer very easy, and has great sound quality for the price point. The FP10 offers 10 inputs.  This means you can plug in up to 10 different microphones and instruments into your FP10, and then send those... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474572492420 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:09:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474572492420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453820518020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author stevedeleo - I agree completely with the author of "Don't waste your time or your money"   I'm having the same issues, will be retuning the item and looking for another USB card for my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453820518020 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 01:32:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453820518020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_451482062468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - When I bought my first G4 it came without any serial ports. Nearly all other machines on the market still had at least one serial port but the signs were clear. Serial was facing its death knell, long live King USB. This was a problem because my Palm... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~451482062468 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:57:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_451482062468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421581852292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kdawg13944 - I have had a great time using this product. It is very easy to install, works just as good as having a serial port on your laptop. I wish my laptop had a serial port because if you forget to bring this adapter you no longer have this capability but... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421581852292 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:12:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421581852292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418232635012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author casill4436 - This was truly easy to install on Vista, but, unfortunately for me,the fixed screws did not allow me to connect to the serial port. I needed one with no screws, or loose ones that could be moved back and away from the serial connection. Very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418232635012 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:12:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418232635012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_362246344324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author davidhaile - This card goes nuts and almost stops my PC if I send any data to it. I didn't intend to buy something that takes a lot of work to configure so it will be returned today. The drivers are installed only if you bypass the untested driver dialog box that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~362246344324 Tue, 15 May 2007 12:27:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_362246344324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_330889006724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author circ - The guy above doesn't know what he's talking about. You'll never see through-put of 489Mbps from a USB 2.0 port. That's max speed including parity, start, and stop bits and can go no faster than the device connected to it goes. An external hard drive... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~330889006724 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:01:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_330889006724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326020533892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rptap - We just purchased our third card. First one purchased in Dec. 2001. One of the four ports stopped working. (Two year life) Purchased second card in Dec. 2003. It stopped working last week (3 year life). Just purchased the third card. We shall see how... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326020533892 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:17:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326020533892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_259579940484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markiam - I bought it hoping it would work with my three year old stuff and it does! I'm using with an old Winbook J4 laptop and what's listed below. It works fine with ; -Garmin Etrex Vista and Garmin serial cable -Parallax Stamp Board of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~259579940484 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:39:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_259579940484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_292921642628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author waynebelew - I Recently installed a ENL1394 PCI Controller to enable me to capture video from a Sony DCRTRV520 Handycam. It came with a 3 foot cable which seemed short to allow my tower case to accommodate working room off the floor. I bought a 6 foot cable at the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~292921642628 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:35:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_292921642628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_275680038532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author blankgm - This card is produced by Belking and is advertised to work both with Windows and Mac. It provides both Firewire and USB on a single card. Additionally, for Windows users, the packages comes with ULead VideoStudeo 5.o; ULead Photo Express; and ULead... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~275680038532 Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:54:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_275680038532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_256670731908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author flightcaptain - The Garmin USB to Rs232 Converter Cable (P/N 010-10310-00)works great. I have a Garmin eTrex Legend and a new HP laptop with WinXP Media Edition. Other adapters I tried would cause my laptop pointer to go wild or cause the laptop to shut-down. This... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~256670731908 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:51:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_256670731908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_251531333252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author suemccartin - The epinions description for this card is a bit inaccurate. The card provides two 8 pin firewire 800 plugs (also known as firewire B)and one 6 pin firewire 400 plug (also known as firewire A), as far as I know, the 8 pin ports are B only unlike some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~251531333252 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:28:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_251531333252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_231560285828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kurt_g - At my job, I am outnumbered. Three of my co-workers (two of whom are management) are diehard Novell people. (My boss openly refers to herself as a Novell bigot.) One other fellow and I tend to split up everything that doesn't have a big red N on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~231560285828 Wed, 17 May 2006 01:16:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_231560285828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_229678681732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pfranc - Google F5U109 and notice the belkin.com page and photo for this unit. Be sure you do not buy a unit that has thumb screws! It was made for Belkin by MCT back in the '90's and the drivers were not OK'ed by Windows, and the hardware was different too. I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~229678681732 Thu, 4 May 2006 20:50:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_229678681732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_228241477252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gamerjet - The Micro Innovations 5 port USB 2.0 PCI Host Card 5 USB 2.0 Plug-in Card (P8294AAFT) Serial Adapter is a great PCI add-on card that offers 5 new USB 2.0 ports for all your hardware connection needs! The Micro Innovations 5 port USB 2.0 PCI Host Card... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~228241477252 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:03:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_228241477252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_221730213508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aknitesky - I just popped this USB 2.0 PCI card into my PC (Dell 1.8GHz). Instantly worked well and was immediately recognized (Windows XP Service Pack 2). I did a comparison using the USB 1.1 and the newly installed USB 2.0 card transferring the exact same files... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~221730213508 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:22:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_221730213508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_221083569796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cjmazur - Because the company is apparently no more. Their web site is down. I remember asking a sales person at London Drugs if they had Adaptec Firewire/USB2 cards, and I got the whole song and dance "these cards are only made by a few manufacturers and are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~221083569796 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:43:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_221083569796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_215504359044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmac - I wanted to try some video editing with a 4 year old laptop, and needed more disk capacity and a firewire port. My USB 1 was too slow. With this card I have been able to capture digital video and write it to the disk attached to the same card with no... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~215504359044 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:00:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_215504359044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_214100512388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dwanderson - No driver for 1394b exists. My card had many data write errors-- so many as to make it unusable. Not sure if this is a quality control problem or a design... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~214100512388 Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:44:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_214100512388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_213019168388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bepiluia - Regrettably ( you may not allow this comment to spoil your product) but simply it doesn't work! No, it not defective, it doesn't have enough power to be used for up-load nor down-load! You, manufacturers/designer knew about this and yet you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~213019168388 Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:34:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_213019168388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_212411518596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hijoesan - This card works great with TSI Inc line of FSA signal processors and FlowSizer software, the industry leading platform for flow velocity and size measurement. It worked right out of the box!... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~212411518596 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:17:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_212411518596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_211941166724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mikedolan - The card is advertised as 1394B 800 mbps, but Adaptec does NOT supply any drivers to support that. The card ONLY works at 1394A 400 mbps. Adaptec only indicates in fine print that the driver is not provided, but has no information on where you might... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~211941166724 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:25:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_211941166724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_196285140612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gsoerens - USB2 Advertises upto 480Mbps but this gave performance that is barely better then what you get with your regular USB1.1 speed. Good for additional ports but not as a High Speed USB2.0... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~196285140612 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:23:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_196285140612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_195230928516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gpcollins - Although I am a relatively experienced computer user, I could not successfully install this device on my computer, a Toshiba Satellite laptop running Windows XP SP2. The end result was an error message: device cannot start (code 10). Then if I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~195230928516 Sun, 4 Sep 2005 18:16:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_195230928516?linkin_id=8003929