Re: [Thinkpad] USB and Serial ports and GPS

without having looked for such, i'll bet that there are
serial to PCMCIA cards as well as serial to USB adapters..
cyberguys might be a good place to start..

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Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Reid" <dwreid@hiwaay.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 11:48 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] USB and Serial ports and GPS

> With all the recent talk on the T40 not having a standard
serial port,
> someone mentioned using a serial/usb adapter.
>
> In the past, it was my understanding that some devices
(legacy stuff I guess
> one would say) would not/ did not/ will never/ support USB
due to different
> communication protocols or specs.
>
> With this in mind, I use several serial devices
extensively and on a regular
> basis for work. The two most important are a handheld GPS
and secondly a
> 12x12 digitizing tablet. Due to the cost of this stuff, I
cant replace
> perfectly good and working Serial devices because a
machine doesn't have
> this type interface.
>
> It was noted sometime ago in an online user forum for my
digitizer, that it
> would not work with USB.... Ever.
>
> Has anyone here on the Tplist had success using Serial to
USB adapters for
> such things as GPS or tablets?
>
>
> dave
>
>
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