Well, it should be, you plug it in to the computer, it sees it and when you
put the floppy in it would find the driver, to change com port number, go in
your control panel, then to system, control bat to hardware, hit spacebar on
that, then arrow to com ports or command LPT, right arrow on that, see what
com number is there, make sure the adapter is plugged in to the computer
while doing this, to change the com port number, tab to properties and look
around, you'll find it. That's how it works with me on XP home,  part of
your problem could be you went to radio shack, but you can try that first.
I'm not sure what brand mien is but I got it at www.amazon.com and actually
have 2 of them, 1 for my laptop and 1 for this desktop and both work fine
though they do install on what ever com number they want and I have to bring
them back in to a useable number.
----- Original Message -----
From: "K5IN" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: usb to serial with a laptop


> Ok,  maybe the problem is that I bought a Radio Shack usb to serial
> adapter
> cable.  The box says it is for a printer cable but in fact is a usb to 9
> pin
> serial cable.  The floppy that comes with it seems to be of no assistance
> and xp-pro cannot seem to do anything to find it.  Now maybe you can
> answer
> this, is there something I need to do to tell it about the proper com port
> assignment?  You might want to respond off list.
>
> I appreciate you guys thoughts on this matter.  It is a frustration to buy
> a
> new laptop and not be able to program all of the serial devices such as
> the
> ts-2000.  I also have scanners and a repeater controller that are all
> serial
> devices.
>
> 73 de Brian, k5in