Re: [NTLK] os 9.2.2 connection via usb serial dongle

On or about 5/29/07, Andy Hill wrote:

>I am using a Prolific Usb/serial cable (PL2303). I have installed the
>drivers from the cd and installed the extension in the extensions folder
>as per instructions. I then attach to that a newton interconnect port to
>serial cable. The usb/serial cable shows up in any connection
>preferences as being an option (eg NCU or Newton Backup Express). This
>same set up works fine using osx.
>Thanks for any thoughts.

I'm using a USB hub/port replicator with the PL2303 drivers. When you
installed the drivers, did you install both the OSX and the OS 9 versions?

Download site: <http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31>

Assuming you have installed the Mac OS 9 drivers:

I sometimes have trouble with silent failure (port identified, does not
respond, no error message) in OS X after using the driver in OS 9 (as I
understand, the reverse of the issue you have). It may be that using
the driver for one OS ties up the interface to USB/serial adapter (an
issue also with the Keyspan adapters?).

I suggest that you restart your computer, open Classic immediately, and
then run NCU.

 - Don

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