Re: Driver for a USB to Serial (RS232) converter

Not exactly the topic for this group, but it is a type of service
thing.

I would have bought a PCMCIA plugin card for the laptop. This card
would plug in to the PCM slot on the side of the machine.  This way,
your operating system and mother board BIOS would see the port
directly, and thus not require such complications as converting a
port.  The cost of the USB to Serial converter is probably more or
about the same as the PCMCIA serial port card.

Jerry Greenberg
http://www.zoom-one.com

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Lynch) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hello,
> 
> I purchased a USB to RS232 converter, hoping to be able
> to hotsync my PalmIIIxe on a laptop that does not have
> serial ports.
> 
> The CD that comes with the converter does not seem to
> have the proper drivers for it.  It looks like the
> driver developer is a company named Cypress Semiconductor,
> but they do not have any driver support located on their
> website.
> 
> My question is, do these such devices have drivers that
> are specific to the manufacturers, or is there such a
> "universal" driver that would work with all (or most)
> USB to serival converter devices?  Please direct me to
> a company or website from which I could get some driver
> support.
> 
> Thanks