Text 21701, 57 rader
Skriven 2008-10-09 21:20:27 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
  Kommentar till text 21700 av Bob Seaborn (1:140/12)
Ärende: FidoNews 25:40 [02/05]: General Articles
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Hello Bob.

09 Oct 08 11:49, you wrote to me:

 >> I have only experience with one of those, when it decides to work,
 >> it works, and when it doesn't, which is most of the time, you are
 >> screwed ... , and that is on a laptop with winders ...


 BS>       I use one all the time on my winders (XP) laptop that only has
 BS> USB ports. Once I configured it to always be com2, I've had zero
 BS> propblems.  And I use it multiple times a day.

The laptop and usb-serial port "conveter belongs to a type that has a custom 
"compterbox" in his "turbo'ed" car, and is required for changing the settings, 
or as he prefers to call it , mapping the cars comupter box, and I am the 
"dick" who had to install it, and make it work ... , as a favour , which I 
did, then after a few weeks, he brought it back, because it had stopped 
working, and after much un-installing, and re-installing, I got it to work 
again, after the thrird or forth episode, I told him to take his laptop, and 
usb-serial port converter and "shove" them ... . Now I don't know whose fault 
it is, but I am buggered, if I am going to fix something every two weeks or 
so, that someone, or winders is screwing up ... , and I don't particularly 
care which one is screwing up ... , I just don't have the time or patience, 
and it might have helped, if I liked the bloke a bit more ...

 >>
 >> BS>       Or get an external USB modem, it also works, however I
 >> believe
 >> BS> only under winders.
 >>
 >> Because they only work on winders, is problamatic, as most my boxes
 >> run one or other version of Linux/*BSD, and I am not going to
 >> another R3800.00 - R4500.00 for a copy of winders, just so I can
 >> run a usb modem, very, very sorry



 BS>       Don't blame you, I wouldn't either.  I assumed that your OS does
 BS> support USB <> serial devices when I suggested it.


Never tried one on Linux, and USB devices have come a long way on Linux 
recently, the only winders box I run is a dual boot, I use to play 
"Counter-Strike" on when I am feeling particularly "frustrated", can get 
cheaper windows disks - R1200.00, if I can get an OEM copy, but that is 
difficult, here as I build all my own boxes ... , and I don't have the 
finacial means to buy all the parts, or a substantial amount of them at once, 
that the dealers would be willing to sell me a OEM version. So if I want 
another copy of winders, I have to payout, a wee bit less than a full months 
salary to buy another copy. :-((


Russell

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