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MINT! PCMCIA to RS232 DB9 Serial I/O Card for Laptop +Driver CD w/Windows Linux

$ 15.83

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Type: serial adapter card
  • Brand: Unbranded
  • Condition: Tested good and near mint.

    Description

    Super mint condition on this one, it was kept since new in 2013 in a
    pink padded anti-static bag in the inside padded pocket of the travel
    computer in my travel rig 2013-2014, then misplaced in a box of disks
    here, just found it now, still in fantastic condition.
    Ten years ago you could have bought a pallet of these, but they are
    fairly rare now because the Chinese stopped making them when the demand
    collapsed as all PC notebooks went to USB-only. This has been common
    with quite a few things, even some things I use for my business, such as
    various adapters, so I have bristled at having to actually design and
    manufacture a few of those myself as they aren't readily available for a
    buck anymore (such as 50-68 pin SCSI adapters of the correct genders to
    connect a slightly newer SCSI wide HD to an older SCSI narrow system to
    avoid having to pay 0 for a real 50-pin drive, costs me more for one
    connector than I used to pay for the whole thing assembled).
    This PCMCIA card allows you to have a DB-9 (actually, correctly it's
    called DE-9 because this is the "E" size connector, but no one knows
    that, so carry on with the "DB-9") serial port on an older (2000s, maybe
    some 1990s also, I don't know) PC notebook computer.
    I used to HAVE to have one of these with me on the road at all times,
    though I only tested it every time I had a new notebook (like a Gateway
    made by Samsung running XP) and only really used it twice (to run a late
    1990s IC programmer upgraded in hardware in the mid 2000s and using
    newer 2010-ish software, but still DB-9 serial port only) for a few
    hours each, so it's tested but nearly unused.
    The driver CD is included, I don't know how well any of these really
    work (other than the XP I used myself), but looking at the directory
    folders it claims to have drivers for:
    Windows 98
    Windows NT 4.0
    Windows 2000
    Windows ME
    Windows XP
    Windows Vista
    Linux
    Please check the photos and make sure it is right for you. No
    returns/refunds.
    Please see my other listings for SCSI items. I presently have more SCSI
    items listed than anyone who has ever been on eBay, and I haven't even
    done 10% of my listings yet...