Using a USB to Serial port converter under Virtual PC

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Oriol - 22 Jan 2005 15:37 GMT

Hi there!
I am a brand new ibook G4 user and as a economics student I work daily
with a Casio alegra FX 2.0 plus calculator. In order to transfer files
and programs to my calculator I need a Serial port, which my ibook
doesn't have. I've been thinking about buying a USB to Serial converter
and transfer files under Virtual PC (casio link program is not
available for mac os x). Does anybody knows whether there would be any
problem? I don't know much about computer science, so I would apreciate
any answer. ;)

Thanks!

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Paul Russell - 22 Jan 2005 16:19 GMT

> Hi there!
> I am a brand new ibook G4 user and as a economics student I work daily
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> problem? I don't know much about computer science, so I would apreciate
> any answer. ;)

I've doen this kind of thing in the past quite successfully with the
Keyspan USB adapters and Virtual PC. So long as the Casio PC software is
reasonably well-behaved you should be fine.

Paul

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Using a USB to Serial port converter under Virtual PC