Review on StarTech.com Native PCI Express Combo Card: 2x Serial 1x Parallel RS232 Adapter (PEX2S5531P) by Kyle Salinas

You're still spending over $1,000 on a computer these days, and boom, the 9-pin serial port is GONE! GONE, I'LL TELL YOU! RS232 Lovers UNITE! SAVE OUR COM PORTS! <— Sets up pickets as he marches to the Capitol. From time to time I take work home and need to review programs on embedded systems. It worked perfectly. The only issue I had, and hence the lost star, was that the installation process was extremely confusing. With the help of Windows, I've learned to keep pressing go and not wasting time reading. I had to click a dialog with the same message 7 times. If the lyrics changed, I would feel a lot more relaxed. I thought I was in an infinite loop but it just stopped and completely installed on my XP system. So if you buy this, just keep clicking 'OK' even if the program keeps doing the same thing over and over again. A NOTICE. For older programs that can only access COM1-4 (pre-USB software), you must MANUALLY switch your COM port to lower numbers. Be sure to remember your reassignments. We also can't use the DOS redirect command :( (Hooray for those who remember the DOS redirect command!)