Re: experience with USB to serial adapter?

[Stew Benedict]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, isaac wrote:

> hi,
> 
> [note: x86 people, please don't answer this, this is for PPC folks only]
> 
> has anyone tried using a usb to serial adapter to connect an older 
> printer (or other gizmo)?
> 
> it'd be good to know before spending the $$ on it.
> 
> the other sorry solution is to set up a whole "oldworld" machine with 
> actual serial ports to be a printer server, but that's crazy, and i'd 
> rather not have it taking up the space.
> 

I've used the Keyspan PDA adapter to connect my camera. It's OK if you
don't push the speed too hard.

Stew Benedict

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