New Computer

[Mike McCarty]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> 
> Hi Aaron yes but if you wander into Wal Mart and look at their new home 
> and laptop computers you will see no serial ports. You can buy a USB to 
> serial device for $20 that works sort of. Mine will do most things but 
> not what I wanted.

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There are problems with using USB to RS232 serial converters.
I use RS232 to communicate with several embedded systems I have
constructed, and I've found that sending BREAK (used to force RESET
on the little puppies) often confuses the converter and/or USB.

USB ain't UNIVERSAL.

Mike
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