[Xastir] Tnc, connection choices

[ad7gt at qwest.net]

Hi All,

So, I have my shiny new laptop, sadly lacking an rs-232 port.

My choices are:

Usb to rs-232 (known to be flakier than Grandma's pie crust)

Expresscard 34 rs-232 (aesthetically and mechanically unpleasing, as the port is on the front beneath the keyboard)

Bluetooth rs-232 adapter (unknown if one would work with a kpc-3+)

Or

A tnc-x with usb interface.

Or 

Struggle with soundmodem and free myself from hardware tnc's.

The laptop is a Dell Vostro 1400 running Ububtu Gutsy.

Thoughts?

73

W7clp