USB to Serial Adapter

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ian2000t
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USB to Serial Adapter

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Hi, could someone point me to a USB adapter that is known to work with MJLJ V4? I know there are issues with some of the cheaper ones, but Maplins is £20 - hopefully there is a cheaper one that that available?

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Post by NITROPIXIE »

There is a bit of serial to usb connectors on this site if you have a quick look around. This is probably your best bet. It can be a bit of a hit and miss sometimes i'm afraid.
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ian2000t
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Post by ian2000t »

Cheers mate.

I can confirm that this one from Ebay (link below) only cost me £3.63 (with free postage) and works perfectly on my old Toshiba A60 laptop (old celeron with XP home :oops: ). I wouldn't have thought they could even post it from Hong Kong for that price, let alone make any money!!

Dunno if you wanna keep a note of it to recommend to others? I used the drivers they link on the Ad and it installed to COM8 - set MJ to that and worked straight away! It's a Prolific chipset if that means anything to you! :D

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT

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