On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:58 +0200
Alan McKinnon wrote:

> On Monday 28 April 2008, James wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been using FTDI's usb-serial converters for a few years now
> > with great success.
>
> I use one of those gadgets. Wonderful devices, they always
> JustWorked(tm)

Indeed, they are wonderful. <digression> I used a pair of them on an
embedded project with micro-controllers talking via 500Kb serial
links. The problem I encountered with Windoze is that (1) 500Kb is a
non-standard baud rate and required a customized config file and (2)
Windoze used the right config file for 1 converter and the wrong config
file for the other. Apparently Windoze identified the individual
converters and used the config file it thought proper for each one --
rather than a single config file for both. </digression>
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