RE: PC: Serial Ports

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <Tony.BUTLER@xxxxxxx>]

> > OR USB versions of CM11/Slink-e/Intersekt etc.... :-)
>
> How about using USB to Serial adaptors, and hubs? I can see no reason
> (note: I haven't tried it) why you can't run lots of USB->Serial
> adaptors from one PC, using USB hubs to connect them
> together. The only
> snag that I can see is that because USB readdresses
> everything on boot,
> if you reboot your PC, the cable->serial port mapping might change.
I
> don't know how Windows would cope with this.

I tried one of these serial & parallel->USB jobbies for my laptop,
which has
only a single USB port, but most things didn't work :-(
Mainly, I think because the USB jobbies emulate a virtual windoze COM port,
but the devices all want to talk to a real one as if they were under DOS or
something, so they just don't get on at all :-(((

cheers,

Tony


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