[Coco] RS-232 Pack Problems AND E-Bay (possible) solutions...

[Allen Huffman]

> On Feb 5, 2018, at 1:05 AM, Joe Schutts via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm sorry to say that I refuse to purchase ANYTHING from Amazon as I had a terrible experience with them this past year. Regretfully as a result, they have lost me as a customer for life. But that is another story...

The only thing I am curious about is if it was something from Amazon, or from some third party reseller that Amazon had nothing to do with.

I only buy items that qualify for Prime and are shipped by Amazon from their warehouses, and prefer “Shipped and Sold by Amazon.” I’ve taken advantage of their no-hassle return policy about a half dozen times last year.

> Anyway, here are the listings for BOTH Cables. I hope this helps everyone. Especially you Allen. I know it's a bitch WHEN you can't figure things out... Good luck...
> Bye everyone...
> Joe...

Thanks for these links. I’ll have to see what they claim to be. The typical FTDI-style cable only does TX, RX and GND these days, but there are some that add two more flow control lines. The PCs don’t care much these days, as they fake things in the driver if it isn’t being provided by the USB interface.

I am doing nothing with USB for mine, so it won’t get me any closer, but I do need a “full” RS232 adapter for other testing. Thanks!

		— A