[TenTec] An(other) O2 request

[Martin, AA6E]

I've been using a Keyspan USB to 4 serial port box for some time
without RFI issues, FWIW.

There is a lot that radio vendors could do (and eventually will, IMO)
to provide better interfaces.  I just bought a $150 HP 8450 printer
that has USB and Ether interfaces, all kinds of flash card readers, a
color LCD panel, and a voracious appetite for ink cartridges.  Even
more interesting, if you use the Ether interface, it is a web server. 
That's what's happening in the consumer space.  How long before our
radios catch up?

73 / Cheers AA6E

On 7/26/05, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm at mendelson.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 07:48:51PM -0400, Ron Notarius wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> There are such devices on the market. They plug into your USB port and
> have standard 9 pin RS-232 output. In my original email, I questioned
> using them because they may be susceptible to RF. Looking back on that,
> if there was demand, someone would buy them, put them in little metal
> boxes, isolate them with capacitors and ferrite chokes and sell them
> on you know where. :-)
>