My friend that works for quad graphics has that older laptop with windows 98 or whatev op system they recommend with the null modem cable, I thought it was a 9 pin, I'd bet any service guy in your area may have one or another pinsider, best of luck!

heres a Q for you tech junkies, does it need to be an older window op system or can I just update a p2k on my newer macbook?

Find someone with a PUB card and do it using that.

LTG : )

I need this for mine too. Anyone in SoCal that can help out?

I could send you a desktop computer that has the upgrade and a cable but you would need a monitor....... earliest I could ship it would be next Weds.

Let me know if that helps.

Chris near Chicago

I just updated mine from 1.2 to 1.5 last night. My brother had an ancient and working Dell laptop with win2K installed. If it were mine, I'd offer to send it around the country to help everyone out... Might still be able to do that.. Let me ask him...

I have a PUB card but it has 1.4 on it I believe. I dont know how to update the PUB though. Anyone know how to do that?

Hello,
I Just got an RFM last weekend as well. I managed to update the software to 1.5 using a Dell laptop with Windows XP. Laptop does not have a DB9 serial port. I used a USB port. I purchased the following cable from Amazon.

StarTech.com 1 Port USB to Null Modem RS232 DB9 Serial DCE Adapter Cable with FTDI, Black (ICUSB232FTN ) Link follows:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008634VJY/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

Installed the software that came with it set port to Com1. First time I tried it did not work. So dug out a pc running windows 98 and tried that with a serial null modem cable.

StarTech.com 10-Feet DB9 RS232 Serial Null Modem Cable F/F (SCNM9FF) Link Follows:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006B8BJ/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

This did not work either. Looked inside the RFM computer box and the serial cable from the back of the RFM computer box that plugs into the motherboard was installed backwards. Changed it and both cables and computers now worked to update the software. For me both worked. Hope this helps and saves someone some time.
Happy Holidays
Andy Limerick

Look at the changelog. As far as I recall, there is nothing useful between 1.4 and 1.5.