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Scott Lindner
Guest
> Hmmm, the interface is about $40, so I am not too sure how much you would save with your interface
> adapter. I am not knowledgeable enough to even know if such an adapter would correctly translate
> the data being transferred.
I found an adapter for $3. USB is serial. That's what the 'S' stands for. There only two things that
really make it different: it's addressable so you can have multiple devices on the same adapter, and
it's hot swappable which means there's some additional smarts to know when a device is detected and
to negotiate. Have you seen on some keyboards that they give you a small
PS/2 connector to USB adapter? That does the same thing.
The real important thing is if I can find a driver that would work. Either Windows has one or it
won't work at all. Which is making me think that I'll give it a quick whirl and if that fails I'm
buying a serial Polar device like you suggested.
Scott
> adapter. I am not knowledgeable enough to even know if such an adapter would correctly translate
> the data being transferred.
I found an adapter for $3. USB is serial. That's what the 'S' stands for. There only two things that
really make it different: it's addressable so you can have multiple devices on the same adapter, and
it's hot swappable which means there's some additional smarts to know when a device is detected and
to negotiate. Have you seen on some keyboards that they give you a small
PS/2 connector to USB adapter? That does the same thing.
The real important thing is if I can find a driver that would work. Either Windows has one or it
won't work at all. Which is making me think that I'll give it a quick whirl and if that fails I'm
buying a serial Polar device like you suggested.
Scott