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John Stoffel john.stoffel@taec.toshiba.com
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:19:56 -0700 (PDT)
Christopher> On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 13:54 -0400, John Stoffel wrote: >> >> I've tried getting a USB-to-serial convertor to work with a RH FC3 box >> to talk to a Palm IIIx serial hotsync cradle, but I couldn't make it >> work at all. Very frustrating. Christopher> I've got about 5 different models of USB->Serial adapters Christopher> and have had numerous problems. Some _only_ do Christopher> 9600,N,8,1 some seem to take forever to respond and Christopher> transfers are slow. Some don't transfer at all. I don't Christopher> think anyone produces a real single adapter with a real Christopher> UART. That's been my experience as well, though admittedly limited. Christopher> I think that this 8 port thing might actually work. It Christopher> does not seem designed for the Winbloze crowd. If it uses the FTDI chipset, it might work just fine. I wouldn't trust a Prolific chipset. I have a USB/Firewire external enclosre which just sucked until I got the firmware upgrade. Months and months later. Christopher> Nothing ever will beat a real serial port. eBay is a Christopher> great place to get some of these used boards even PCI Christopher> ones and they typically last a very long time. I Christopher> originally bought a Comtrol 8RJ PCI for $30. Great idea, I see several for sale for around $30 with cables. I'm tempted just because I'm not going to have an ISA port on my next computer. John