I tried one of those, but it crashed my PC.
I had that problem with my original serial-to-USB adapter. There seem to be
some poorly designed unit out there which is why I remarked that the
Maplin's one was OK. No doubt there are others that are equally
satisfactory.
Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
12/02/2011 18:58:03
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