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minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoUSB to 9 pin rs232 serial (active), 9 pin to 25 pin serial, 25 to 9 pin serial, 9 pin serial to ps2, ps2 to AT, AT to ps2, ps2 to USB. And 99% sure there’s no USB functionality there as that last adapter is for a mouse only.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI was going to say, that’s a lot of middle men to plug a USB drive into a USB port…
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThere will always be a special place in my heart for serial, where I can just jam in a paperclip and “guess around” with a voltimeter till I figure it out.
USB to 9 pin rs232 serial (active), 9 pin to 25 pin serial, 25 to 9 pin serial, 9 pin serial to ps2, ps2 to AT, AT to ps2, ps2 to USB.
And 99% sure there’s no USB functionality there as that last adapter is for a mouse only.
I was going to say, that’s a lot of middle men to plug a USB drive into a USB port…
There will always be a special place in my heart for serial, where I can just jam in a paperclip and “guess around” with a voltimeter till I figure it out.