My modern Toshiba still has a serial port. I have several Garmin GPSes
and they all drive FliteDeck just fine.

I think with USB it is especially important that the GPS be connected and
running before you open FliteDeck. Once the GPS is connected make sure it
appears as a USB device in Device Manager. Without that, there isn't a
chance it will work.

gwengler wrote:

I know this has been discussed here before but I'm still not able to
connect my Garmin III Pilot to the Jeppesen FliteStar program I have
on my laptop. The problem of course is the serial-USB adapter which I
have to use since modern laptops do not have old style serial
connections anymore. If someone has been successful, what exactly was
the configuration (COM, baud rate, format [Garmin or NMEA for example]
etc.) and which was the *exact* serial-USB adapter being used?

Thanks,
Gerd