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Game & serial ports on same bracket
If you got an Asus deluxe board with a game port bracket and no COM2 bracket
and would like to use both then here's one way to save a slot; 1. Purchase Asus compatible serial port cable/bracket (part # 07120, $1.25) from PC Cables; http://www.pccables.com 2. Purchase game & serial port bracket (only the bracket, $0.49) from Computergate; http://www.computergate.com/products...prodcd=CBK1509 3. Disassemble Asus supplied game port cable from bracket using hex socket tool. 4. Disassemble serial port cable from bracket in 1 above using hex socket tool. 5. Assemble game and serial port cables to game/serial port bracket purchased in 2 above. A better way would be to just buy an Asus compatible game/serial cable/bracket if you can find one. I couldn't. These things were common during the late eighties along with computer cases with DB9, DB15 and DB25 knockouts. A computer case with knockouts is a rarity these days and this is a shame since one of the pluses of buying a fully featured motherboard should be to have more available slots instead of blocking them with brackets for the onboard components. |
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