[Coco] Drivewire and raspberry pi 2

[John B]

I will experiment with the ones I have.  Does anybody have a non-prolific
adapter they recommend?

On Saturday, July 4, 2015, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> John, they will work ok, they just tend to "go to sleep" just when you
> need them most. Some report "dropped bits" but I've not had that problem
> with mine.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John B <trymyz at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com
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> Sent: Sat, Jul 4, 2015 4:16 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire and raspberry pi 2
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> Well damn.  I have (3) Serial to USB adapters and they all have a
> Prolific
> chipset.
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> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Steven Hirsch
> <snhirsch at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
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> > On Sat, 4 Jul 2015, John B wrote:
> >
> >  Ahh.  Usb
> to serial plugged into the PogoPlug.  Got it.
> >>
> >
> > 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.
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> > As many have mentioned on this list, it's probably best
> to avoid adapters
> > based on the Prolific chipset.
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