<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div> </div><div>FYI: I have a couple of Sabrent CB-FT1K converters, FTDI chip, no problems on Vista. I didn't even need to install any drivers.</div><div> Several years old and not expensive (as I recall)</div><div> </div><div>73, Steve, K9DCI </div><div>Don't know why my SIG messages wind up in my Spam folder and delayed...<br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div>
<font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Mike George <mgeorge@tuffmail.us><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 15, 2014 3:55 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [aprssig] Need A GOOD USB<--> Serial Dongle? - Great Deal<br> </font> </div> <div><br>I agree with Bob's positive comment for real Prolific adapters.<br><br>I have been using 2 Pluggable brand adapters:<br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Adapter-Prolific-PL2303HX-Chipset/dp/B00425S1H8/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3HIHADV23VGU1" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Adapter-Prolific-PL2303HX-Chipset/dp/B00425S1H8/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3HIHADV23VGU1</a><br><br>for a few years now with Linux, XP, and Windows 7 machines and have
<br>never had a problem<br>with them. I also have some older cables that I forgot the brand of ( I<br>believe one was Belkin) that I have never had problems with and they<br>still work with the latest drivers.<br><br>Mike George<br>N3MUY<br><br>On 8/14/2014 14:22, Bob Poortinga wrote:<br>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Stephen H. Smith <<a href="mailto:wa8lmf2@aol.com" ymailto="mailto:wa8lmf2@aol.com">wa8lmf2@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> This is the good stuff - this cable is based on the highly-desired FTDI<br>>> chip, not the problematic Prolific chip that so many cheap dongles use.<br>> Just to clarify Stephen's comment, dongles which use genuine Prolific<br>> chips usually work well and have few problems. The real issue is the<br>> number of devices (usually manufactured in China) which use<br>> reverse-engineered, counterfeit Prolific chips and are unreliable.<br>> Recent updates to the Prolific
drivers cause devices with counterfeit<br>> chips to stop working and many people do not understand what is going<br>> on when an update "bricks" their USB-serial device.<br>><br>> 73 de<br>> --<br>> Bob Poortinga NG9M<br>> Bloomington, IN US<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> aprssig mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br>> <a href="http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" target="_blank">http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br>><br>><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>