what is 9-pin serial port?

Posted By: simplyhired on 2008-07-17
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A recruiter asked if I had this on my computer. I do not even know what this is. How can I tell if my computer has this.

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what is 9-pin serial port? - simplyhired
- Sadly, most newer computers do not have the 9-pin port. - Gettinganewjob
  - She's correct, folks, most newer computers DO NOT come with serial ports - Devil's Advocate
  - Not true. All desktops have it...newer ones too. - NM
    - Actually, no they don't.... - aLsO.nOt.TaKiNg.SiDeS.bUtT...
    - Not on mine - Rhonda
    - I bet you 1 million $$ you won't find one on mine. Mine is - me
      - Is it a rebuilt computer or did you buy it new? - nm
        Bought it new. It is an HP. - me
      - Since the stakes are so high I guess - Give it a rest already
      - I just won a million dollars! - RadGuy
        So, RadGuy, are you sticking it out at MQ? sm - curious
    - Yes, they are on the back....sm - nname
- look in the back of your CPU... - aa
- If should be on the back of the computer. It most - me

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try another usb port....if you can
and then reboot...something else is probably set for that port

Sadly, most newer computers do not have the 9-pin port.
I have had to buy USB adapter to which some do and do not work correctly with this footpedal. Is this by chance an Escription account? Thus far, this is the only software that I have found which requires such an obsolete port. I bought a laptop assuming it would have the 9-pin port but it did not so I tried at least four adapter until I found one that works.

Serial foot pedal OK for SoftScript?

I have applied for SoftScript and have my interview 8/5/09. I have a Serial Foot pedal that I got from TranscriptionGear.com in Ohio. It says it is an IN-DB9 foot pedal. There are no other connections to this foot pedal other than the serial 9-pin.

They have not told me yet whether this would be OK. They just said Start-Stop type. I thought this would be OK, so I went through the resume, application, and testing process.

Brenda

She's correct, folks, most newer computers DO NOT come with serial ports

You can order a computer with one, but in general they do not come as a standard item on non-custom-built computers any longer. The USB port is standard now, but not the DB9/COM/serial port she is referring to.

You can purchase a PCI card (which is what the COM/serial port is part of) from Amazon for about $20 though and install it yourself, thus giving you a COM/serial/DB9 port for the 9-pin foot pedal.

So....she is correct...MOST (not all) of the computers newer than about 4-5 years old DO NOT come with a serial/COM/DB9 port standard -- not on the back on the computer or anywhere else for that matter. I

n fact, when I was looking for a PCI card to so that I could install it on my own computer (which is 3 years old), the guys at the computer store wanted to know why I wanted to go backwards (as far as technology) instead of foreward (to upgrade) -- stating that people just don't use serial ports anymore. They said that the USB port had pretty much eliminated the need for a serial/COM/DB9 port in most instances.

Too bad that isn't true when it comes to some MT platforms and wavplayers.