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I have a device I need a 9 pin serial port to configure. How can I add this capability to my laptop?

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Use USB Serial adapter. Something like this. alt text

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Alternatively depending on the age of your laptop there are PCMCIA to Serial adapters.

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You can get serial port cards that plug into an expresscard or PCMCIA slot. (e.g. this one)

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A USB to Serial adapter like this one:

You did not mention an OS, but this one will work for windows and it is the best one I have found for OS X.

http://www.amazon.com/Keyspan-Speed-Serial-Adapter-USA-19HS/dp/B0000VYJRY

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