[time-nuts] usb serial converter

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Jun 15 04:56:58 UTC 2011


From: <lists at lazygranch.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:25 AM
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
<time-nuts at 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 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.


You might like to try UserPort:

  http://www.embeddedtronics.com/design&ideas.html

which allows Windows programs full access to the ports you might need. 
I've used it to allow access to the parallel port bits under Windows XP.

Cheers,
David
-- 
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  http://www.satsignal.eu
Email:  david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk 





More information about the Time-nuts_lists.febo.com mailing list