Subj : Looking For Bbs Clien
To   : AKAcastor
From : Roon
Date : Fri May 03 2024 16:44:46

Hello AKAcastor,

02 May 24 23:29, you wrote to me:

 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
 A>> some latency between the data being received by the USB-to-serial
 A>> cable and it being received by the software on the PC itself due
 A>> to the USB protocol.  The throughput is great, but in some cases
 A>> the latency can be a problem.  Usually for modem use it's fine,
 A>> but some other serial devices can be thrown off by the added
 A>> 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 :)/

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

yeah this was a suprise for me as well, i tried different computers, and found this info on the net later...

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

wow. tehre is a solution 4 everything :)

Regards,
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