[Coco] COM Retention

[Aaron Wolfe]

It means the OS assigned serial port (COMx) will not change. Handy,
and will not cause any trouble.


"A time-saving and convenient USB/Serial solution, the adapter retains
assigned serial COM port values in nonvolatile memory, allowing the
same values to automatically be assigned to the adapter serial port if
disconnected and reconnected, or disconnected from one USB port and
installed in another."

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Robert Hermanek
<rhermanek at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Looking at StarTech USB to Serial adapters, they have nice 4 port units for
> around $60, and they use the FTDI chipset, so nice drivers that you can
> tweak a lot of the usb-to-serial behaviors. In particular looking at
> ICUSB2324 model on Newegg.  However for about $20 more you can buy similar
> units with "COM retention." Anyone have an explanation as to what that is,
> and whether it would be helpful/hindrance when interfacing with coco?
>
> -RobertH
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