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[WriteLog] Any way to interface via USB or IRda

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Subject: [WriteLog] Any way to interface via USB or IRda
From: Bruce A. King" <baking@gis.net (Bruce A. King)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:39:09 -0400
I know this topic has been taken up before, and there are always lots of
responses with good info... has anyone summarized and posted the results?
What works on which laptops and at what level of "full" functionality?

Thanks

Bruce W1CSM
w1csm@arrl.net



----- Original Message -----
From: "WA9ALS - John" <wa9als@starband.net>
To: "Larry Lindblom" <w0etc@ix.netcom.com>; <writelog@contesting.com>; "John
E Bastin, K8AJS" <jbastin@sssnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Any way to interface via USB or IRda


> > The only warning is that many of the USB to serial adapters do not
support
> 5
> > bit Baudot code.  Which means they will not work for RTTY.  I believe
> there
> > are numerous post on this in the WL archives.
>
> True, and I've made some of them.  I have to warn again about being very
> careful, and I would try VERY hard not to buy a USB-serial adapter without
a
> testimonial from someone doing exactly the same thtings I wanted it to do
> with the same hardware.  I've tried at least 4, and some did some things
and
> some did not.  At least 2 of them wouldn't even read my MP.  There just
> doesn't seem to be any standardization of USB->serial.  It would be a huge
> mistake to assume a USB-serial port would behave like a motherboard
serrial
> port!  ;-)
>
>
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