[drats_users] D-Rats v0.2.5 Latest Version Testing

[Dan Smith]

> I need to clarify something. Those of you that have been able to get the
> file transfers to work... What OS were you using? I am using Vista Home
> Premium on one machine and XP Home on another.

Ah, I bet that's your problem.  The only USB adapter that I know that
actually works on Vista is the Keyspan one.  They're expensive for a reason.

Most adapters are based on the Prolific chipset or a variant thereof.
Prolific has explicitly *stopped* distributing their vista driver, and
have pushed that responsibility to the vendors.  The result is that the
vendors just ship the old prolific one from XP which *does not work*.
It will work for little stuff like chat data and programming, but will
lock the serial driver under heavy load.  I spent quite a bit of time
wrestling with this on a borrowed vista machine and did quite a bit of
digging.

If you're on vista, save yourself some time and frustration and spend
the $40 to get the keyspan:

  http://keyspan.com/products/usa19hs/

You can find it for less than that retail price.  It's the only USB
adapter that many companies actually support using their devices with.

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Dan Smith
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