[time-nuts] Needed: The Real Serial USB Fix

[Jim Lux]

On 1/27/13 9:30 AM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
> At work we simply use multi port serial cards (*no* USB intermediary) or
> Ethernet to serial adapters.  Any use of USB for critical test equipment
> was pretty much banned here years ago.
>
>
Why the proscription against USB?
Because of difficulty with USB device drivers? Or the plethora of serial 
port emulators that have unforeseen interactions with software that 
thinks it's talking to a real serial port? or what?