Then I would look for a COM -> USB converter cable

>Don,
>Manage to solve the problem. Apparently it was a hardware fault!
>Now having another problem, after opening of the drawer a number of times, the entire PC hangs...
>Running a Dell P4 machine (No comm ports supplied) but with a com port card added.
>Suspect the card has problems. Any idea where to get good quality com cards? Very hard to find such cards here as market no longer uses this.
>Yau