[Coco] Drivewire and raspberry pi 2

[Bill Nobel]

I’ve used a few FTDI devices outside of DW, since I don’t have a real Coco, on a lot of different devices and have had great success.  I got the off eBay for $6.00 a piece.  Sure I had to slap a DB9 connector on ‘em, but great speeds and reliability for RS-232.

Bill Nobel

> On Jul 4, 2015, at 6:22 PM, lciotti at lrlc.us wrote:
> 
> I say stay with any that have the FTDX chipper less problems.   This coompany comes recommend my the amateur radio crowd.
> 
> http://www.gearmo.com/product-category/usb-to-serial-adapters/
> 
> I personally have had good luck with the ones sold by Staples but those are prolific chisels so you milage may vary.   I have three prolific chipper types that I bought from various places that are useless.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 4, 2015, at 6:51 PM, John B <trymyz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I will experiment with the ones I have.  Does anybody have a non-prolific
>> adapter they recommend?
>> 
>> On Saturday, July 4, 2015, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> John, they will work ok, they just tend to "go to sleep" just when you
>>> need them most. Some report "dropped bits" but I've not had that problem
>>> with mine.
>>> 
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: John B <trymyz at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com
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>>> Sent: Sat, Jul 4, 2015 4:16 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire and raspberry pi 2
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Well damn.  I have (3) Serial to USB adapters and they all have a
>>> Prolific
>>> chipset.
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Steven Hirsch
>>> <snhirsch at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 4 Jul 2015, John B wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Ahh.  Usb
>>> to serial plugged into the PogoPlug.  Got it.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm using a little adapter
>>> with an FTDI chipset.  It's a no-name special
>>>> picked up at a Hamfest for $15.
>>> When I hosted DW4 on my Linux workstation
>>>> the adapter easily supported 430kbs
>>> communication from a Coco FPGA.  No
>>>> dropped data ever.  I haven't tried this
>>> with the Dockstar.
>>>> 
>>>> As many have mentioned on this list, it's probably best
>>> to avoid adapters
>>>> based on the Prolific chipset.
>>>> 
>>>> 
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