HP-IB, Amigo/cs80 was Re: hp 9153 floppy & disk

[Keith]

Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Adam Sampson wrote:
> 
>> it), running jumper wires across from an AVR-less Arduino board to
>> provide a power supply and appropriately level-shifted serial port
>> during development. I've also used the Arduino board as a cheap
>> USB-to-TTL-serial converter for retrocomputing purposes...
>>
> Adam, SparkFun makes a dedicated USB/Serial device based on the FTDI 
> chip used on the Arduino for about $14.  You can get it in a 3.3v or 5v 
> version.
> 
> 

and FWIW, the FTDI chips are fantastic, as far as drivers, support, etc.

Keith