USB-Serial Converter w/ datamaster

Well i got this laptop for Christmas and it's fast as hell, really nice laptop. Only problem i have is it doesn't have a serial port so I bought a USB - Serial Converter but i can not get it to work! My other laptop(my nice one) has xp so i can't tune with it but it has a serial port! Anyways I got this laptop just to tune with since it has window's 98 and all but now i can't get the damn converter to work...Any idea's?!?!

I used the Belkin piece that is a larger box. That's the only one that worked for me.

You say you can't tune with XP?? I'm confused; I have been tuning with XP OS for a few years now....

Ryan

Ive also been able to tune fine with windows xp. But I ran into the same problem with the USB adapter, but now I have the belcan unit and it works fine.

I run Win98 on my laptop and use a port adapter from "Port Authority" that's working nicely.

I have a belkin 103 for sale in the forsale section if you are looking at buying. This is the one most people use to tune/edit.

I never had a problem tuning with xp.

If you're looking to buy a new laptop and want a serial port. HP still puts them on some of their machines. Another option would be to contact alienware (if you got $5000) to blow on a laptop

My new dell 8200 has a serial port but i can't tune with TTS mastertune in XP it's gotta be in DOS mode
My other lap top has 98 but doesn't have a serial port! :(

PCMCIA serial adaptors have their own bus.
It should work just like a serial port controller independent of software.
Meaning.... It SHOULD work in DOS

Do you konow where i can get one...for kinda cheap?

Try ebay, they are kinda hard to find.

I found the Belkin F5U103 online at several places and i read the owners manual and it say they CAN be set up to use in DOS mode..is this what everyone is using if so i'll go ahead and get one!