Re: USB to serial converters for win7?

Hi Bob,
Check out Cables to Go. They claim " Compatible with Windows® 7! ".
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.as...1529&sku=26886

I've never used them myself on W7, but they have never failed me on XP, when
many others have.

_McG.
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"BobG" <> wrote in message
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> If I search this forum for 'USB to serial', I get a lot of several
> year old threads that don't give much info other than 'get the win7
> drivers' and 'some USB to serial ports are crap'. So I just got an HP
> Pavilion winth win7 and its got 4 USB ports and no serial ports, so I
> got a Prolific, and it doesn't seem to work. So I guess I'd like to
> know the Brand Name of Any serial to USB dongle that works on Win7.
> Orlando has Two! (2!) CompUSAs to wates one's money in. Thanks folks.

On 12/12/2010 20:09, A. Nonny Moose wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> Check out Cables to Go. They claim " Compatible with Windows® 7! ".
> http://www.cablestogo.com/product.as...1529&sku=26886
>
Yup these are Prolific chipset devices and do work well with Win7.

G

> I've never used them myself on W7, but they have never failed me on XP, when
> many others have.
>
> _McG.
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> "BobG"<> wrote in message
> news:24d3ad8b-5da8-4241-a38b-...
>> If I search this forum for 'USB to serial', I get a lot of several
>> year old threads that don't give much info other than 'get the win7
>> drivers' and 'some USB to serial ports are crap'. So I just got an HP
>> Pavilion winth win7 and its got 4 USB ports and no serial ports, so I
>> got a Prolific, and it doesn't seem to work. So I guess I'd like to
>> know the Brand Name of Any serial to USB dongle that works on Win7.
>> Orlando has Two! (2!) CompUSAs to wates one's money in. Thanks folks.
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