[H-GEN] Looking for an older laptop. Windows 95/98 era with a serial com port.

[Jason McDonald]

On Monday 30 April 2007 14:25, Ewan Edwards wrote:
> If you have a laptop with only USB ports, it may be worth trying one
> of those USB to serial converter cables.  Alternatively, one could
> buy a USB adaptor that has serial, parallel, and PS/2 ports.
>
> I have successfully used a USB to parallel converter cable to connect
> a printer.

You need to be a bit careful with USB-serial dongles, and may have to shop 
around to find one that will work for your particular purposes.

While working on an industrial control system in 2004, I tried several 
USB-RS232 converters that did simple serial comms correctly, but failed when 
flow control or hardware handshaking was required.  I also found one that 
failed at low bit rates (e.g. 9600bps), but worked at high rates (e.g. 
115200bps).

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Jason McDonald
Release Manager
Trolltech ASA (Brisbane)