Re: usb to serial
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 12:30:10PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 05:20:23PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> > On Sun, 4 May 2008, Celejar wrote:
Serious typo:
> I used-to-would-have said that any computer store should have a 9-pin
> serial gender-changer but that may not be true anymore. If your local
> store doesn't have one, you have a couple of options:
>
> 1. See if there is one on ebay and get it with the adapter.
>
> 2. Order one from your computer store: they are still made:
> Belkin or Startech should have them.
>
> 3. If you know someone who can get a male and a female and a shell,
> they can solder one together for your.
That should be two females. A male and a female with a stright-through
is called an extension cord. :)
You need two females to accept the male braille and the male computer.
> There are no electronics in a gender-changer so you don't need to worry
> about compatibility. For details, you can checkout the serial-HOWTO (in
> the doc-linux-[html] package, or on the ldp website.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Doug.
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