Coders cable, usb-serial converter

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

http://ai.pricegrabber.com/product_i...405988_125.jpg

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.

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.

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

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.

Oh, if it comes with software, then go for it. Should work out of the box.