USB -> serial converter?? -Thanks!
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Good, good- I was hoping to hear some positive feedback!
Now to find a local business which carries Keyspan... Humm.
Thanks for the help!
-Lou
> I use the Keyspan high-speed single port adapter, no problems.
> Just get the one with the PC-style serial port on the non-usb
> side. (and yeah, it works great under OSX, but VPC doesn't, yet).
>
> -Chilton
>
> I use the Keyspan PDA adapter, which costs $39 from them:
> http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/PDAadapter/
> The output of the PDA adapter is a DB9P. You would need a straight
> through DB9S-DB9P serial cable, not a DIN8.
>
> The Stamp software makes kind of unusual use of the serial port. It
> really amazes me that it works at all (and it does work very well),
> because there are so many level of emulation going on, including
> Virtual PC and the very nice Keyspan serial port driver. I would not
> hazard a guess about the functionality of the Belkin device & driver.
>
> -- best regards
> Tracy Allen
> electronically monitored ecosystems
> http://www.emesystems.com
> mailto:tracy@e...
> On Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 01:15 PM, Louis Klepner wrote:
>
>> Hello-
>>
>> I've been programming on my PC, but its time to take my stamp2
>> out on the
>> road and I'd like to use a Macintosh Powerbook to tweak the
>> code. Can anyone
>> recommend a Mac USB to PC adapter which will work with Virtual PC?
>>
>> I was thinking about using the Keyspan Adapter, but it costs
>> $79 and I'll
>> need to find a mac (DB8) to pc serial cable.
>>
>> The Belkin USB->Serial has both the Mac serial connection and
>> the PC DB9
>> connection. Has anyone been successful in using this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Lou
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Now to find a local business which carries Keyspan... Humm.
Thanks for the help!
-Lou
> I use the Keyspan high-speed single port adapter, no problems.
> Just get the one with the PC-style serial port on the non-usb
> side. (and yeah, it works great under OSX, but VPC doesn't, yet).
>
> -Chilton
>
> I use the Keyspan PDA adapter, which costs $39 from them:
> http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/PDAadapter/
> The output of the PDA adapter is a DB9P. You would need a straight
> through DB9S-DB9P serial cable, not a DIN8.
>
> The Stamp software makes kind of unusual use of the serial port. It
> really amazes me that it works at all (and it does work very well),
> because there are so many level of emulation going on, including
> Virtual PC and the very nice Keyspan serial port driver. I would not
> hazard a guess about the functionality of the Belkin device & driver.
>
> -- best regards
> Tracy Allen
> electronically monitored ecosystems
> http://www.emesystems.com
> mailto:tracy@e...
> On Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 01:15 PM, Louis Klepner wrote:
>
>> Hello-
>>
>> I've been programming on my PC, but its time to take my stamp2
>> out on the
>> road and I'd like to use a Macintosh Powerbook to tweak the
>> code. Can anyone
>> recommend a Mac USB to PC adapter which will work with Virtual PC?
>>
>> I was thinking about using the Keyspan Adapter, but it costs
>> $79 and I'll
>> need to find a mac (DB8) to pc serial cable.
>>
>> The Belkin USB->Serial has both the Mac serial connection and
>> the PC DB9
>> connection. Has anyone been successful in using this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Lou
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