[rescue] USB to serial bridge

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Mon Feb 3 12:39:04 CST 2003


On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 06:32 PM, Gavin Hubbard wrote:
> I need to get a good quality USB to serial bridge so that I can test
> possible rescue systems in the field using my serial-port-less 
> notebook.
>
> I've heard anecdotal stories that certain adaptors are pretty flakey 
> and
> can have problems with handshaking etc.
>
> If you are using a good bridge and feel confident recommending it, 
> please
> let me know what the brand and model are.

   I've been using a Keyspan USA-28 for a long time...it works very 
well, but I don't think anything I've done with it uses handshaking.

       -Dave

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Dave McGuire                 "Rubber duckies *are* important."
St. Petersburg, FL                            -Doc Shipley


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