Serial/USB Cable Difficulty

[Guest W. Watson]

I have a Belkin serial/usb cable and it works fine most of the time. If I

try it with program A, it works fine as com3. If I use it on program B,

without A around, as com3, it fails. I bought a Cables Unlimited ser/usb

cable, and it fails the same way. It always fails with B. Someone told me

that w2k is not quite so friendly with drivers as XP, and that in this

instance it may require tampering with BIOS. Comments?

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Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)

 

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[Guest V Green]

Re: Serial/USB Cable Difficulty

 

Try a different USB/SERIAL cable. Make sure

it uses a different chipset than the one you have.

 

They are NOT all the same...

 

"W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> I have a Belkin serial/usb cable and it works fine most of the time. If I

> try it with program A, it works fine as com3. If I use it on program B,

> without A around, as com3, it fails. I bought a Cables Unlimited ser/usb

> cable, and it fails the same way. It always fails with B. Someone told me

> that w2k is not quite so friendly with drivers as XP, and that in this

> instance it may require tampering with BIOS. Comments?

> --

> Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)

>

> Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>