[Coco] Drvewire USB 2 Serial question

[Aaron Wolfe]

Some people have problems with long cables, I'd try using the shortest
one possible.  Some usb-serial adapters are junk, especially the cheap
ones (although some of the cheap ones work just fine).


On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
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> Hi guys,
> I've been helping Lester Hands get his Coco going with Drivewire. We have it going, all seems to be well except for one problem
> When using Drivewire, whether to boot Nitro or just use VHDs in HDBDOS, sometimes it just doesn't work. He's using a USB 2 Serial adapter and a cable from Cloud9. We've tried both Drivewire 4 as well as 3 and HDBDOS 1.1 - 1.4.
> I remember someone saying they had problems with the USB adapters and someone else had a fix.
> I just don't remember who it was, what the problem was or the fix.
> As I said, sometimes it works fine... then other times it fails. Especially in booting Nitro
> Any ideas?
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> Thanks
> Bill P
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