VT340 Emulation

[ben]

On 2021-06-25 2:48 a.m., Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:

> USB-serial dongles tend to be a wretched experience for a couple of reasons.
> The first is at the electrical layer: USB only has 5V available and
> generating RICH CHUNKY VOLTS in such a small dongle is difficult and
> expensive, so doesn't happen, and the voltage swing might not be wide enough
> for older devices. The other is in the software layer: the standards are a
> mess and the full gamut of serial protocols are not available and/or not
> implemented properly.

Or if you change USB ports the serial COM# changes.
> 
> The physical connector and pinout is an irrelevance in comparison. I own a
> soldering iron.
> 
Well you can find mother boards with real COM port, but they are rare.
I just got a new system built, and mine has one hidden on it. No 
connector for it however.
Ben.