rs-232

Hello, I have been using a program that I created in C++ to control test equipment using the RS-232 interface. The computer running this program is a Windows XP laptop with a physical RS-232 port on the back. I recently tried to make the move to a Windows 7 laptop without a physical RS-232 port...

I was reading another thread that is closed on the subject. And it was closed prematurely. Let me just state that i hate RS-232 but many critical applications still use it for system programming and downloads or firmware and such. For 90% of equipment a USB-to-Serial(keyspan) or Express Card...