[Xastir] USB to Serial Adapters

[Wes Johnston]

kc4pl pointed me to
http://www.usbmax.com/U232-P9_DB-9_Serial__Adapter_High_Speed_230K_USB_SERIAL_RS-232_.cfm
which costs a whopping $16 and required no driver installation under debian
linux.  Ohh,and it works with windows too.

Wes
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Quoting Steve West-Fisher <steve at coastaldatasystems.com>:

> Just wanted to post what I have found out. The Belkin F5U109 drivers do
> not seem to be happy with Windows XP. There appears to be a problem with
> DSR. UI-View is able to work, but my laptop seems to crash a lot when I
> am using this adapter, but not otherwise. I have read that Windows 98
> does not have this problem with the adapter. I have also run across
> comments about getting this device to work with Linux.
>
> Now the good news! The USB to Serial adapter from Radio Shack works
> properly with Windows XP, Cygwin, and Xastir.
> --
> Stephen West-Fisher
> Coastal Data Systems
> 727.418.9774
> http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/
>
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