Hi Johannes,
We're discussing Marco Mailand's connection direct to the LTC1323 chip
(http://newted.dyndns.org/users/mmailand/www/Npages/DK/DK.html) to a mini
Din8, which is much cheaper than SER-001, but is more hassle, may cause RF
interference, and can fry the chip. I don't have a dongle, and the guy who
originally asked has collapsed his port.
Cheers,
Damien
At 16:39 06-11-2002 +0100, you wrote:
>As a happy user of TWO SER-001 in both of my Newts I can only advise you to
>make your decision rather based on your real needs:
>
>if you need the serial connection regularly for backup or loading packages
>or connection to your mobile or printing, then in my opinion there is no
>doubt that the SER-001 is worth its money.
>BTW I do not know if you have a dongle (without that dongle you do not have
>a the possibility to connect via serial)- and this thingie is traded for 30$
>as well ...
>
>BUT if you do have a Dongle already and you connect via Ethernet or WiFi, if
>you do not plan to use any device in conjunction with your Newt via serial
>(printer, modem, GPS to give only a few possible applications)
>then you can stay with your Dongle and forget the SER-001.
>
>Cheers
>Johannes
>
>
>
> > [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Damien Batstone
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: [NTLK] I'm killing my dongle
>
>
>
> > PCBman's SER-001 boards are a well engineered piece of work, and
> > offer much
> > less opportunity of frying the Newton and/or causing RF interference than
> > soldering/cold soldering to the chip. However, it's hard to justify the
> > cost on a hobby project (the newton cost $45). Having said that though,
> > and just received my 2100 in the mail today, it's a lovely bit of kit. I
> > may end up eating my words.
>
> > Cheers,
>
> > Damien
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