18 Aug
2012
18 Aug
'12
2:17 p.m.
On 08/18/2012 01:04 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2012, geneb wrote:
Mine is my universal if something USB doesn't work, it does with that
machine..
An EeePC 701 still running Xandros.
EeePC running windows is the exact opposite [its junk os].
3) When I checked a few days ago, there were NO USB Couriers on eBay.
(I've heard that they exist, but I've not seen one)
Never seen one.
4) If I use a USB to RS232 adapter, HOW can I tell which ones are good?
eBay listings usually do NOTR mention which internal chipset. How do I
find an FTDI chipset, V the one that spews garbage characters?
How about buying the genuine FTDI cable? that's what I use for RS232 and
USB to 3.3V. All the others I tried sucked. Watch that some cables
generate
positive voltages only and real RS232 has to swing at least 3V negative
or the level transition is not [or barely] seen and you get garbage chars.
For devices that need a good cable run I use the 3.3V FTDI serial cable
and a MAX232 to get real RS232 with CTS and DTR.
The BEST USB modem I've used is the Apple. Expensive but it works.
Never use Ebay.
I Kept my microterm 33K and USR sportster and a PC with a real serial port.
Though both work fine with the CP.M crates, VAX, and PDP11.
Allison
Fred, have you thought of finding a USR 56k
External? eBay has some
Couriers for not a whole lot (but there are some that are just insanely
priced!)
1) This is a [hopefully] temporary situation
2) It needs to be USB, unless I also replace this POS (Eee) netbook pile
of crap