Re: [NTLK] Serial to USB adapter - Recommendations? Ones to avoid?

From: peter brigg (pbrigg_at_uoguelph.ca)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 15:29:59 PST


Julie,

        It is not as bad as all that. There is a semantics problem in this
discussion between usb->serial and serial->usb adapters. (I don't get
it either - should be left to right = right to left, but who knows.)
In fact, running Classic on a newer usb Mac with Newton Connection
Utilities (or Newtsync if you do it in X) with a usb-> serial adapter
(at least a variety of them - mine is a Micro Computer and most
Keyspans work fine) , a cable and a dongle works just fine. And you
should ask the list about your ethernet card. Some work. Some don't.
Mine, a 3Comm Etherlink III, works fine. And tell the list you are a
newbie and want to be walked through hooking up through the card.

peter
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On Tuesday, Feb 4, 2003, at 18:14 Canada/Eastern, Dr. Julie Armstrong  
wrote:
>
>>> Serial to USB adapter - Recommendations? Ones to avoid?
>
>
> Wait a minute!!!! So how are we supposed to connect between the newer
> Mac computers and the Newton? It seems we cannot use IRDA, there is no
> Bluetooth, and now you're saying there's no serial USB adapter?
>
> I have the ethernet card for the newt but the Newt doesn't seem to
> recognize it, and I cannot install the drivers?
>
> I have been reading the FAQs but maybe I've missed something... How are
> we supposed to load software onto the Newton (2100 or emate?)
>
> Newbie needs help...
>
> Julie
>
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