Thanks, I got your MegaBuild 4.1 and will test it out tomorrow. I appreciate the suggestions and will let you know how it goes.

Hi h-a-l-9000, I have since acquired a PCMCIA-to-Serial adapter (LogiLink PC0050 Serial CardBus) and found the same issues. Specifically the following: Serial1: Warning: Tried to activate FIFO Serial1: Errors Occurred: Framing 0, Paritiy 0, Overrun xx (IFO:y), Break 0 where y was either 0 or 2 and …

I played around with these settings a bit already with no success. I will try again and report back if there is any luck. About the PCMCIA card, would I not run the risk of the same issues with such an adapter? Or have these been proved to operate more successfully? Thanks again!

I am having a very similar error when using DOSBox to try to acquire data through a USB-Serial converter. I am using a HP Laptop with WinXP and no "serial" ports (RS232), thus the USB converter. I have it configured properly in the config file as: serial1=directserial realport:com11 It appears to …