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<DIV>I have successfully used D-Rats with various USB/Serial adapters but have
found the Belkin one to work the most reliably. </DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Koch - W4UOC </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 11/2/2010 1:57:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dsmith@danplanet.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>> I
wish we could put somewhere on the D-RATS site which adaptors "seem<BR>> to
work" and which ones don't. I know that everyone's results may
not<BR>> be the same, but at least we might have a chance picking one that
has<BR>> worked for others. I realize that Dan doesn't really want
to<BR>> recommend anything (I wouldn't either). I have a computer
without<BR>> RS-232 ports, and I don't even want to try D-RATS on it
because of the<BR>> unknown quantity of USB adaptors I might need to
try.<BR>> Just my thoughts...<BR><BR>Here is the problem with
that:<BR><BR>First, there are only a few companies that actually make USB
adapters. <BR>All the others just manufacture the plastic around the chip (and
<BR>sometimes configure the chip to do specific things). These companies
<BR>tend to use whatever chip variant (and sometimes even different chips)
<BR>according to the supply availability the week of production. They
can <BR>hide these differences in the driver so that you don't really know or
<BR>notice which variant you have.<BR><BR>Further, I have *only* had trouble
with specific adapters on Windows. <BR>Anything with a prolific chip on Linux
seems to be fine. I'd hate to <BR>discourage someone from buying a cheap
one that is easily available <BR>because they think it might not work when in
fact it would.<BR><BR>With that said, I'm not averse to listing some
particularly heinous <BR>adapters, if there is good reason. I also have
no problem listing the <BR>ones that are a sure bet (like the Keyspan
adapter).<BR><BR>If someone would volunteer to collect and filter reports of
specific <BR>adapters (brands, model numbers, revisions) and send me a list,
I'll <BR>post it in a FAQ entry or something similar. Sound
okay?<BR><BR>-- <BR>Dan
Smith<BR>www.danplanet.com<BR>KK7DS<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>drats_users
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