Multiple Serial port alternative?

So I'm on holiday - in an internet cafe in Cape Town, South Africa. And my partner phones me up to tell me the highveld thunderstorm's lightning last night took out both our FCP systems' stealth serial ports.

The Geethree stealth port comes with the Cinewave, so obviously it is the recommended choice. But are there anybody out there using some way of getting multiple serial ports? FCP can be set up to use multiple ports for multiple decks, so no more serial port patching. naz?

I know our AVID uses a USB-to-dual-serial converter to drive two decks. But some other editing systems don't like using USB to Serial converters. What's good for AVID doesn't always cut it on other systems.

Anyway - please help me enjoy my holiday? Thanks
Francois