[aprssig] MacTNC by NI5V

[Brian Riley]

At the risk of belaboring what should be obvious, it ISN'T working  
for YOU or you would not have posted the note. The core of most of  
the objections to the Belkin USB/serial devices is their erratic  
nature, working in some contexts and not in others.

My guidance to anyone who will listen is to use Keyspan USB/serial  
adapters. They seem to have the least list of conflicts ( I have two  
of them I use regularly on OSX and Winders machines) And in general I  
recommend any FTDI chip  based USB/serial device.

I have used the Keyspan, the iConcepts, and a Parallax (the Basic  
Stamp people) marketed FTDI based USB/Serial all under OSX from  
Jaguar through the latest and greatest versions of Tiger, with MacTNC  
no problem. You might also want to give Zterm  (classic old terminal  
program, there is an X version now) a try and see if its the adapter  
or the program.

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On Jul 29, 2006, at 11:42 AM, Matthew Stennett wrote:

> Is anyone running this software to their TNC?
> I can not get it to talk to my MFJ-1270C.
> I believe it is my Belkin USB < > Serial adaptor not
> allowing the
> connection, but it used to work just fine under OS 9.
> Anyone with any comments (useful; I've heard all the
> BS about Belkin stuff, but I own LOADS of it, and it
> all works for ME)
> or suggestions.
> MacRatt Matt
>