SN10B laptop replacement

I recently had my hard drive go down on my old Compaq laptop (w/
serial port) during my last contest. Fortunately, I had the SN10B USB
adapter as a backup to download my files. This worked just fine.
However, not having the laptop interface was making me nervous.

In the past, I have had ZERO luck with laptops and USB to Serial
adapters (hence the old Compaq), but thought I’d give it a go one more
time. I’ve wanted a Netbook, so I went to Costco and picked up an
Acer. The following setup worked flawlessly with the SN10B.

Acer AO532h-2268 Netbook (Costco $299.99)
-Windows 7 starter
-Bios upgraded to v1.24
-upgraded ram Corsair 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) / Newegg ($44.95)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233079
-all Windows 7 updates installed

Belkin F5U409-CU (Amazon.com $38.99)
-Vista 32bit drivers directly from Belkin

Baud rate set to 4800 / Com port 3