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

[Doug Jackson]

>>> 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.
>
>   Yep.  I use them all day, every day, and have never had the problems 
> I've heard people complain about here.  Right now on my main desktop 
> machine, I have a USB<->serial adapter connected to an ARM9 
> development board, another connected to a homebrew Z80 SBC, another 
> connected to a PDP-11/83, and yet another connected to a PDP-11/70.  
> They all work wonderfully.  I use Keyspan adapters.
>

Likewise, I have never had a problem - for me they Just Work (tm)   -  
Now to admit my dirty little secret...  Just use the TX/RX/GND Lines, 
and tie RTS-CTS, and DSR-DTS-CD (At each end of the cable)  - Hardware 
handshaking never quite works the way you expect it to!

Doug