Tuesday, February 28th 2012
TRENDNet Intros TU-S9 USB to Serial Converter
With legacy interfaces such as RS-232 serial obsolete and clearly phased out of PC motherboard standards, those still needing the interface, such as for connecting MODEMs, telecom equipment, robotics, etc., are finding themselves in need of devices such as the TRENDNet TU-S9. Simply put, this is an adapter cable with a USB connector on one side, and a RS-232 9-pin male connector on the other. The cable between the two is about 7 cm long. Operating systems such as Windows 7-thru-98; and Mac OS X 10.1-thru-10.6 are supported. The TU-S9 from TRENDNet is priced at US $12.99.
10 Comments on TRENDNet Intros TU-S9 USB to Serial Converter
I am thinking the only thing new here is that they actually have Windows 7 drivers for this one (driver support for the cheapo common ones is rather spotty).
www.thommos.com/wiki/index.php?title=FCS_and_WCS
community.combatsim.com/topic/17195-thrustmaster-mark-1/
Granted, they made a USB version of just the joystick called the Thrustmaster Top Gun but driver support for it was pretty non-existent especially under Vista/7. -_-
Ladyfox,
who still has both the Top Gun and FCS with the hope that someday she'll be able to use them on something else besides her retro-gaming PC with a Sound Blaster 16 ISA
ppjoy.blogspot.com/2009/11/finally-new-version.html (Win 7 64bit)
ppjoy.bossstation.dnsalias.org/ (cables)
sites.google.com/site/carlkenner/glovepie
Would be a lot of work though.