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My 2009 Toshiba does. Look carefully. They are covered and don't appear as an obvious slot Geoff

By Geoff Smith · #37827 ·

My 2006 Toshiba and 2010 Asus don't have PCMCIA slots or any other slots.

By CurtisC <calypte@...> · #37826 ·

Re: SERIAL PORTS (was: cannot connect gto CP3 to the SKy 6)

I use 4-port Tripplite and Icron Ranger in my observatory. I had a couple BSODs but now I connect the Icron and cold boot the HP Win64 laptop and it's been reliable since. I'm running my ST-10XME

By primeclash · #37825 ·

Mach 1 PEC training with eyepiece or autoguider?

Hi all, If I wanted to do PEC (or PEM as the manual says) training for my Mach1, the manual has two methods. I have a high magnification double lined illuminated eyepiece, and also an Orion

By Stuart Forman · #37824 ·

Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

PCMCIA is an old standard. At some point along the way, it was replaced by PC Card (which may be the same thing, but renamed). My current laptop (a Lenovo W520) was the first machine I owned

By W Hilmo · #37823 ·

Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

I would love to see a gradual migration to a modular interface socket, where the user would have a choice of swappable interface modules, including: RS-232 - Still the universal denominator USB-HID -

By Christopher Erickson · #37822 ·

Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

Although I could be wrong. I think PCMCIA cards are a thing of the past. My latest Dell doesn’t have the slots, just DVD and BlueRay. Gregory Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:40 AM To:

By Gregory <fyrframe@...> · #37821 ·

Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

Hi Anthony my poor laptop only has one serial, 1parallel, 1 eithernet and 2 USB1 ports : (( Can't cram in the USB2 and extra serial adapters into the slots at the same time as they will not fit.

By Daniel Marcus · #37820 ·

Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

Serial ports are rugged, USB not. Serial can be used outside in extreme environments. USB is not rated for outdoor use. We just had a long complete discussion in previous posts about serial versus

By Roland Christen · #37819 ·

Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

The poster's original question still awaits an answer. Why use a serial port instead of a USB port? Geoff

By Geoff Smith · #37818 ·

Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

Similar cards exist for USB2.0 for those of us whose laptops are exclusively USB1.1. Some software and hardware, specifically requires USB2. Anthony. ???? 10/18/2012 20:40, ?/? chris1011@...

By ayiomamitis · #37817 ·

Re: Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

You cannot put a PCMCIA card into your laptop? There's a place for one in my Dell laptop. Here's one for

By Roland Christen · #37816 ·

Re: SERIAL PORTS

It is in the plan to do such. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #37815 ·

Why AP mount don't have a USB port?

I have a Mach1GTO and it works very fine except when I do polar alignment routine by using star drift method. I use this mount for imaging by connecting the mount to my laptop computer. I would like

By popkrab · #37814 ·

1600GTO Latitude Dimension Calculator

Hi Everybody, I'm sorry this took so long, but it's finally finished. The Latitude Dimension Calculator now includes the 1600GTO as well as the 3600GTO. The 1600GTO column was built with

By Howard Hedlund · #37812 ·

Re: SERIAL PORTS

If AP were to introduce a GTOCP4 with an ethernet port instead of or in addition to the serial ports, I would happily order two.

By toristorii · #37813 ·

Re: SERIAL PORTS (was: cannot connect gto CP3 to the SKy 6)

I am in the same place as you. I have 3, 2 of which are use simultaneously, and have had no issues at all. I think someone mentioned once that there are versions based on both FTDI and Prolific

By Mark Acker · #37810 ·

Re: NCG7380 Photo

It may be a tough object, but you got it well with your scope. Excellent result. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #37809 ·

Re: SERIAL PORTS (was: cannot connect gto CP3 to the SKy 6)

Both of my Keyspan USB-serial converters have been performing great and are rock solid no problems for 2+ years now.

By parijat_singh · #37808 ·

Re: SERIAL PORTS (was: cannot connect gto CP3 to the SKy 6)

I had a problem with the Tripp Lite USA-19HS Keyspan High-Speed USB to Serial Adapter connected directly to my laptop. After about an hour it would lock up randomly and quit communicating. After

By observe_m13 · #37807 ·

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