On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:36:07 +0000, Paul Hyett wrote:

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 at 19:01:12, Alan Gardiner
wrote in uk.sci.weather :



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.

Except that the one that crashed my PC was *from* Maplins...

I got mine in the last nine months so it may be an updated model.

There is no doubt that these adapters can be problematic as I know someone
else who had to replace his original adapter for exactly the same reason.

Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
13/02/2011 12:18:00
https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/