USB/serial adapters (was: cctalk Digest, Vol 70, Issue 3)

[Richard]

In article <6.2.3.4.2.20090602204549.03f8b810 at mail.threedee.com>,
    John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com>  writes:

> I think there has been other threads here regardng the hit-or-miss
> nature of these USB-to-serial adapters.  I know when I needed one
> to sync a Palm, I couldn't find one that did it right.  I think
> I hit my head against three $30 adapters to no avail, but this
> was four-five years ago.  

I've used them to talk to terminals and had no problems.
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