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Old 29th February 2020, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by moltuae View Post
...Some USB/serial adaptors don't work well with certain equipment (generally due to timing/delay issues). Prolific-based adaptors seem to play well with everything.
I'll second that about Prolific USB-Serial adapters. I only use these nowadays for old skool serial console access from my server to the SparcStation 20. Works perfectly in Devuan/Debian/Linux and Windows.

My example:
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
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