I see I have that option, but it looks a bit clunky. I didn't want the
DVD player I got with the notebook in the first place, let alone another
one. ;-)
I've worked my way around needing the true serial port with different
software. The cardbus came in handy because I needed a line level
Just to set the record straight about DOS not supporting USB :
http://bretjohnson.us/
Christopher
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 20:25, li...@lazygranch.com wrote:
Just a side note here should it ever come up, those usb serial converters
don't work in DOS. DOS doesn't support USB. You can kind of
of precise time and frequency
measurementtime-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] usb serial converter
Just to set the record straight about DOS not supporting USB :
http://bretjohnson.us/
Christopher
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 20:25, li...@lazygranch.com wrote:
Just a side note here should
See also
http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm
I've used it extensively for long under native MS DOS 6.22 to connect pen-
disks. Surely worked with USB ports 1.1, but I don't recall whether or not I
did tests with USB 2.0
Antonio I8IOV
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] usb serial converter
Sent: Jun 15, 2011 3:39 PM
See also
http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm
I've used it extensively for long under native MS DOS 6.22 to connect pen-
disks. Surely worked with USB ports 1.1
What OS have you been using? If it's windows, then blame the
windows usb serial driver. It's the biggest piece of sh*** i've
seen in a long time in the driver world. It is even able to
freeze the machine without blue screen. Reliably.
[]
Attila Kinali
Been running Windows XP SP3 here with a
On 06/13/2011 11:59 PM, David J Taylor wrote:
What OS have you been using? If it's windows, then blame the
windows usb serial driver. It's the biggest piece of sh*** i've
seen in a long time in the driver world. It is even able to
freeze the machine without blue screen. Reliably.
[]
Attila
Just a side note here should it ever come up, those usb serial converters don't
work in DOS. DOS doesn't support USB. You can kind of get them working in the
so-called DOS window of 32 bit windows, but many DOS apps won't work because
DOS allowed from direct control of the port and windows gets
From: li...@lazygranch.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:25 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] usb serial converter
Just a side note here should it ever come up, those usb serial
converters don't work in DOS. DOS doesn't
One of the annoying things is Dell provides a hardware serial port if you
buy a docking station, but no way to just get a serial port by itself using
the docking port. Well at least that I know of.
I have a Dell laptop (Latitude 430) that came with a MediaBase. It's another
layer that
, David J Taylor wrote:
From: li...@lazygranch.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:25 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] usb serial converter
Just a side note here should it ever come up, those usb serial
converters don't work in DOS
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:25:54 +0100
Alan Melia alan.me...@btinternet.com wrote:
Of the USB converters the best seemed to use the FTDI chip and driver, but
even
these have shown fails suggesting the problem is deeper inside the PC. All
problems have been on the PC reception leg, causing
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To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
time-nuts@febo.com
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 11:36 PM
Subject: [time-nuts] usb serial converter (was: Advice on NTP server needed)
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:25:54 +0100
Alan Melia
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