[AT] OT Personal weather station/computer?

[charlie hill]

Hi,

I recently ran across a deal on a La Crosse technologies weather station 
that I couldn't pass up.  It came and is very impressive.  I haven't had a 
chance to hook it up yet but I have a question for the computer savy among 
us.

The instruments have output and software to display and record data on a 
computer.  This is done via a phone wire with a typical phone connector on 
one end and a 9 pin female com connector on the other.  I would like to use 
my notebook computer to record data (at least part of the time.  I have a 
desk top available too) but I don't have a com port on my notebook.  I only 
have USB and the phone cord type data ports.  My notebook is a fairly new 
Toshiba Satellite.  Can anyone tell me what I need to do or what adapters I 
might need to connect the weather station to the notebook?

Thanks

Charlie