[Coco] Drivewire and raspberry pi 2

[Bruce W. Calkins]

The problem is not so much the Prolific chipset, but that Prolific rewrote 
their drivers to not support the Prolific clones.  The solution is to roll 
back your Prolific driver and tell Windows to not upgrade it.  Linux seldom 
has a problem with Prolific chipsets, although some of the clones don't keep 
up.
<http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php>
Bruce W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pierce via Coco"

> Steven, I agree, I have a prolific adapter and it gives me nothing but 
> trouble. I have to unplug and re-plug it back in often to get it back 
> online. I want to get one of the FTDI based units.
>
> Bill Pierce
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to 
> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Hirsch
>
> On Sat, 4 Jul 2015, John B wrote:
>
> I'm using a little adapter with an FTDI chipset.  It's a
> no-name special
> picked up at a Hamfest for $15.  When I hosted DW4 on my Linux
> workstation
> the adapter easily supported 430kbs communication from a Coco FPGA.
> No dropped data ever.  I haven't tried this with the Dockstar.
>
> As many have
> mentioned on this list, it's probably best to avoid adapters
> based on the Prolific chipset. 


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