![]() ![]() A Google search on the part number (which can be fun due to the dashes & zeroes) often is the only way to find something. If I "find" something, it usually points me back to the home page. The search function on their web site seems to be broken. Really is silly for RS to take that off their web site, though, if the adapter is still "current".Īnother RS complaint. I wasn't here, I didn't say this, but registered users should be able to see my e-mail address. I sympathize with the other reviewer's problems - somebody asked me where I'd found the drivers online and I couldn't find them either. Even today, a few companies insist on providing specialized and/or proprietary software that won't work with anything but a real UART based serial port. This sometimes arises where software was originally written for DOS or early Windows. Parental Advisory: Since this is a USB device, software which is written to communicate directly with a UART chip won't recognize this as equivalent to a conventional hardware based serial port. Check the serial and USB how-to documentation for more info. Must have USB serial module or support in kernel, which is available on most versions. Setup is not easy for the novice, but not difficult for anyone with Linux experience. Linux: It took me just a few minutes to get this working on RedHat Fedora Core 3 Linux. Driver download is hidden on Radio Shack website, I found it here: Windows: Requires a driver for Win32 operation. A number of people in the Cisco and Linux community recommended this RS USB unit to me as a easy fix. I finally upgraded my venerable T21 to a T42 Thinkpad, which I found has no serial port on board. This product works fine with most Windows and Linux software. ![]()
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