[GreenKeys] USB-to-serial adapters, and baudot
Randy McLaughlin
randy at randy482.com
Mon Feb 28 21:32:57 EST 2005
From: "Jerry" <gh1lockett at bak.rr.com>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>; <teletype at buzbee.net>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:12 PM
> Bill, I think some of those guys were interested in running it on their
> laptop computers, and most laptops these days don't have a serial port
> or any way to add one. Desktops are easy to add a PCI card as you
> mentioned, but notebook computers, well, you are sorta stuck methinks..
> There might be someone selling USB add-ons that would work but I haven't
> seen one.
>
> Jer..
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Keep it simple someone can write a bit banger for the printer port. It
could be a simple back box that gets power from the USB port. A max232
would be all the hardware needed.
Randy
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