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From: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@columbia.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Direct connection across a USB-connected DB9.
Date: 31 Oct 2003 19:59:03 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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The implementation of the USB Serial Port driver differs from the
standard Serial Port driver. Kermit 95's configuration of the serial
port does not work correctly with the USB Serial Port driver.
This is a known bug.
Bryan Hodgson <RM.TAG.brhc@lehigh.edu> wrote:
: My latest laptop lacks a DB-9 serial port, useful to me for connecting to
: device consoles. So I purchased the laptop vendor's recommendation, a
: Belkin FSU103; basically, it's a DB-9 connector at the end of a USB cable
: with some status lights to show that it's plugged in / moving data / no
: errors. WXP. Device Manager thinks the device really IS a serial port,
: and not a modem. And I dug out my copy of Kermit95, and applied the
: latest (01/2003?) updates.
: When this session is connected, the terminal displays nothing in response
: to keystrokes (e.g. enter), though though the send and receive lights on
: the serial port device both flash. If I Alt-X back to the command window
: and C again, the terminal suddenly flushes the output of the previous
: keystrokes.
--
Jeffrey Altman * Volunteer Developer Kermit 95 2.1 GUI available now!!!
The Kermit Project @ Columbia University SSH, Secure Telnet, Secure FTP, HTTP
http://www.kermit-project.org/ Secured with MIT Kerberos, SRP, and
kermit-support@columbia.edu OpenSSL.