Subj : Looking For Bbs Clien
To   : Roon
From : AKAcastor
Date : Thu May 02 2024 23:29:20

 A> A downside to USB-to-serial cables is that they use USB instead of
 A> being connected directly to the bus like a 16550 is.  So there is some
 A> latency between the data being received by the USB-to-serial cable and
 A> it being received by the software on the PC itself due to the USB
 A> protocol.  The throughput is great, but in some cases the latency can
 A> be a problem.  Usually for modem use it's fine, but some other serial
 A> devices can be thrown off by the added latency of USB.

 R> and one more downside is that they need usb2, they don't 
 R> work in usb3 ports :(
 R> /i've learned it in the hard way :)/

I thought USB3 was supposed to be backward compatible, I would say I am surprised it's a problem but then again USB can throw some weird shit at you sometimes.

Speaking of weird USB stuff - I have a USB to ISA interface from ARS Technologies, it's an interesting device but definitely not plug n play.http://arstech.com/install/ecom-prodshow/usb2isax3.html


Chris/akacastor

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