[TenTec] An(other) O2 request

[Ron Notarius]

How hard would it be to implement a small box that would convert the RS-232
port to a USB port in such a way that it would emulate the original port for
the newer computer systems?

73

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm at mendelson.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] An(other) O2 request


> On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 03:04:34PM -0400, Carl Moreschi wrote:
> > Making a new radio such as the Orion II not have an rs232 port but
instead
> > have an ethernet or USB port would make the radio incompatible with most
of
> > the logging software currently available.  All the current logging
software
> > available uses an rs232 serial port to communicate with the radio.
>
> That's a "chicken and egg problem". All current software uses RS-232 ports
> because  all current radios use RS-232 ports. What happens when you can
> no longer get a computer with RS-232 ports?
>
> AFIK Ten-Tec is the only major company that uses RS-232 ports on their HF
> radios. ICOM, Kenwood and Yaseu never did, their serial ports are TTL.
> They and aftermarket companies sell RS-232 to TTL converters.
>
> ICOM uses a TTL bus arrangment that supports up to four radios.
>
> Besides radios, are there any currently made devices that use them?
>
> I was in a computer store and an Office Depot today. The only RS-232
> compatible devices they had were PS/2 mice. PS/2 mouse ports are
> sort of RS-232 compatible, but not 100%.
>
> 73,
>
> Geoff.
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