Keyspan makes a high speed USB to Serial Adaptor. They also make a dual port adaptor. I have links to both on my web site. http://carnationsoftware.com/carnation/Keyspan.html Rich On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 05:09 AM, John Clark wrote: > > On Tuesday, Jan 28, 2003, at 21:00 Australia/Sydney, > futurebasic-digest-help@... wrote: > >> Track down a Keyspan USB to dual serial adaptor ($40 or so) which >> provides 2 old-fashioned mini-DIN 8 serial ports which can be fiddled >> just like the old serial ports. > > IMHO the best bet is actually the PDA adaptor. This has a single subD9 > connector. In most cases you can buy a PC modem cable off the shelf > which works rather than having to fiddle with the Mini DIN 8 plugs > used on the dual port device. > > Also, since the PDA adaptor works with PCs, it's quite common. Best, > its also cheaper. And faster. > > Normally you would have to set the adaptor to emulate a printer port > to get it to work with older apps. > > I don't know if you have looked that far, but the Keyspan adaptors > have a neat serial logging window function which allows you to view > what is being sent out of the adaptor and what is being received in > different colours, complete with the timing functions and control > chars etc. You can save this as a log and view it to correct problems > with your code. > > The adaptors are also OS X compatible, and Robin Craig has written > code which works with both 9 and X. > > Best > > ============================================================= > John Clark > Aeronaut Automation > Unit 42, 5 Ponderosa Parade, Warriewood NSW 2102, > Australia > Phone: 61 2 9997 2842 Fax: 61 2 9979 > 5615 > email: JohnC@... > http://www.Aeronaut.org > > ============================================================= > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > <futurebasic-unsubscribe@...> > > > Rich Love - Carnation Software Terminal emulations for Macintosh - MacWise, MacToPic + and SBMac. richlove@... http://www.carnation-software.com 512 858-9234