Because, like most modern computers, my laptop does not have a serial port.
On 21 December 2017 at 05:35, Joan Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > Just curious, but why not use 25-pin to 9-pin serial instead of USB? > > Joan in Reno > > ________________________________ > From: Peter Vollan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 7:52 PM > Subject: [M100] dlplus on linux mint > > On a positive note, thank you to everyone whose advice helped me to > finally get Virtual T working on my Linux Mint laptop. > > I think I may have said that I had Desklink working, and was > communicating with my Model 100. Well, I spoke too soon. The best way > I can explain it is that it seemed to be working, but it is actually > working sporadically or not at all. The fact that I have had some > limited success tells me that I am very close, having solved obvious > problems like permissions on the USB port. The fly in the ointment now > is the USB to serial adaptor. > > I have had three so far, a radio shack model, a Prolific one, and my > current one, an FTDI model with null modem built in. Here are the > relevant lines from /etc/modlules: > > #usbserial vendor=0x1453 product=0x4026 > #usbserial vendor=0x067b product=0x2303 > usbserial vendor=0x0403 product=0x6001 > > I realise that this is more of Linux problem than a model T question, > but it would be just great if I could actually succeed at this > particular project. I have 3 different USB to serial cables available > (actually I have three Prolific ones that are supposedly the same > under the hood). > >
