Coders cable, usb-serial converter

**Jimbo** · July 11th, 2006, 12:26

I have just bought a laptop which doesn't have a serial port on it. I was wondering if it is possible to use the coders cable with a usb to serial converter?

Has anyone tried this? Can anyone suggest any specific ones to buy?

***Darksaviour69*** · July 11th, 2006, 13:50

don't know about that, but a while ago axlen was working on a "USB-to-Serial Module based coders cable"

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2513
http://www.geocities.com/[email protected]/

they would have been faster than serial coder cables but slower than BBA

unfortunaly he suddenly stoped, but he has uploaded all his research about it here

http://www.geocities.com/[email protected]/usbcc.html

**fackue** · July 11th, 2006, 20:31

I remember someone mentioning it. I think they said it worked and it was actually transfering data faster than just the serial believe it or not. The thing is, I can't find any information on it since I think I was on IRC when I was told about it.

Hopefully someone who tried it will pop in.

**Jimbo** · July 12th, 2006, 20:43

Do you know whether it will work with dc-load without making any changes?

Do you know if the usb to serial port converter gives a com port number that you can just use with dc-load?

Thanks all.

**fackue** · July 13th, 2006, 03:25

Actually, now that you mention it, I think the guy who had the converter actually hacked dctool to support it. I kinda have an idea who did it, but I don't know how or where to get ahold of him.

**ßüboni¢ $oñic** · July 30th, 2006, 18:13

You could go strait thru the USB Coder's cable or you could use the regular one and just use the above adaptor instead of that hardware.

**Runefox** · July 30th, 2006, 22:30

Unfortunately, the old serial bus is addressed in a different way than USB, so unless your USB-to-Serial converter comes with a driver that wraps the USB port to a virtual serial port, or unless there's a version of the software to support USB, you're out of luck.

**Christuserloeser** · July 31st, 2006, 20:13

This one seems to be nice:
http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index...USBCodingCable

**ßüboni¢ $oñic** · August 1st, 2006, 00:21

it comes with s ware. i just thought it might nbe easier to add that adaptor to the end of the serial dc cable to avoid needin to use the home brew usb cc.