I bought one such adapter from hamcity.com when I bought my last ht.  It was 
about $43 and came with a driver cd--of the smaller size.  The adapter seems 
to work with the two meter radio I bought it for and certainly ok with my 
powerbraille 40.

Good Luck

73, de Howard, WA9RYF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: Cable Quandry


: Generally I find it the driver is the prolific USB/serial converter 
driver,
: you'll be just fine. Most are if they're a brand name one.
: ----- Original Message ----- 
: From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
: To: <[log in to unmask]>
: Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:58 PM
: Subject: Re: Cable Quandry
:
:
: > Yeah, I've purchased a couple USB-to-serial adapters on-line.  Just do a
: > Google shopping search.
: >
: > They may not work in all cases.  But, they do work for my old DecTalk
: > Express,
: > and with the BrailleLite.
: > ----- Original Message ----- 
: > From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
: > To: <[log in to unmask]>
: > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:11 AM
: > Subject: Cable Quandry
: >
: >
: > Hi All, my current laptop has no serial port.  I have two different =
: > serial programming cords for programming different rigs.
: > I'm researching any USB equivalent cords to substitute, but in the =
: > meantime,
: > Radioshack's got a serial to usb converter/adapter for $35, and a local 
=
: > computer store alledgedly has one for 30.  Anybody got any better =
: > cheaper sources? Thanks, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.


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