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Joel Kolstad
- Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:I am investigating PCMCIA to serial port adapters, but in the meantime, I
would like to know if I can use one of the PS2 ports as a serial port for
data download.
No, the PS/2 protocol is not at all like RS-232, other than the fact that,
yeah, it's a serial protocol.
Any ideas?
What brand of USB<-->RS-232 cable were you using? Although most of them seem
OK these days, in years past there were some notoriously flaky ones. I think
we still have a Belkin brand unit kicking around at work here that wouldn't
work with AVR Studio, for instance.
That being said, a PCMCIA serial port card is a "real" serial port in that
even software (such as DOS programs) that directly access the hardware I/O
registers will work with it. If you can find one inexpensively on eBay
(etc.), it's a good investment.