On 11/03/2017 21:52, "Joe Giliberti via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> The cable is branded "Ugreen." I've had difficulties with USB to RS232 > adapters in the past, which is why I bought it from the ADTPro > website. I figured that it would be more likely to work straight away. I've had difficulties with everything I've used from ugreen, the latest being an HDMI-DVA adapter which just didn't work 100%. Trouble is with some of these ebay buys you don't know who made it until it lands on your mat. > On a venture to the grocery store today, I stopped in at a Radioshack > which was having a liquidation sale. I bought their "Gigaware" USB to > serial cable for a decent discount at $20. As I understand it, this > one uses a Prolific chipset which can occasionally be troublesome.. > Thankfully, there appear to be drivers for it specifically for Windows > 7. Prolific! That's the chipset name I was trying to remember earlier. Seems that most ADTPro folks have more success with that one than the others. -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection?
