[Coco] DriveWire with modern laptop?

[Roger Taylor]

At 11:09 PM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
>I'm trying to find out if anyone uses the DriveWire system with a 
>laptop having no built-in serial port, using a USB to Serial adaptor.
>
>My IOGear adaptor seems to insert COM5 into the ports instead of a 
>1,2,3, or 4.  I haven't found a way to disable those ports in hopes 
>that the adaptor will appear as a typical COM #1-4 that older 
>software can use.  Some modern software only allows using 1-4 as 
>well.  I'd like to know if the PC side DriveWire server can use COM 
>ports above 4 before purchasing the product.  The adaptor itself 
>works just like a COM port, and claims to be compatible with anything.
>
>This was aimed at the list for a reason since I know there are lots 
>of users of DriveWire out there who might have different setups.



I see now in the DriveWire 2.0 docs that you can choose COM1-COM6 on the PC.