[TenTec] (Orion) firmware update with serial port-less computer

[David Fisher]

A USB to serial adapter for Vista is shown below
htttp://www.beaglesoft.com/232usb.htm?gclid=CMPmiLjDnYwCFRKsGgodXWBw6A.

The ad popped up on Gmail alongside ke5c's note.
Dave KA2CYN

On 5/20/07, ke5c <ke5c at hot.rr.com> wrote:
>
> This may be old news, but I just updated my firmware using an Air Link
> 101 USB to serial adapter:
>
> http://www.airlink101.com/products/ac-usbs.html
>
> There were at least two other similar devices at the store where I
> purchased it for basically $15.  The documentation was non-existent, but
> a search produced the above webpage with drivers for Windows 98 through
> XP but not Vista, Mac's, and Linux.  The documentation on how to install
> the XP driver was also non-existent, and if I hadn't had prior
> experience with drivers, I would have been befuddled.  However the
> installation went well, and it was installed as COM5.  Updating my Orion
> 1 version 2 went from there without a hitch.
>
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