[PLUG] IT tools

[Bill Barry]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 09:19:47AM -0800, Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 08:37, Mel Andres wrote:
> 
> > The laptop should
> > have a serial port, and you may need an assortment of serial modem, and
> > null-modem cables and/or port adapters.
> 
> Not necessarily.  My ThinkPad R32 only has USB.  Speaking of which, does
> anyone know of a particular USB<->RS-323 converter that works?  Greg
> says most of them should, but it can be hit-or-miss.
> 

I recommend not buying the Xircom Portgear model PGSDB9. It has
not worked very well for me. I still use it to connect my serial GPS
to the USB on my  Thinkpad 600, but it quits occasionally for no good reason.

Bill Barry