Looks like a 3rd party program, not part of a DOS distribution. Have you successfully used these third party programs with a prolific chipset?
-----Original Message----- From: Christopher Quarksnow <cquarks...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:09:18 To: <li...@lazygranch.com>; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement<time-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 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 in the > way. > > For a while, I was getting away with a Socketcom pcmcia serial port and > open DOS (or maybe Free DOS, I forget. My next notebook had cardbus which I > guess needs a 32 bit driver. > > Over the years I have picked up various Socketcom serial cards at flea > markets or surplus shops should anyone wish to know what operating systems > support them. I also have the DOS TSRs to run the cards. Socketcom never had > them on their website, so I had to buy a used card on ebay to get the > software. > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.