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From: Mark Allums on 20 Apr 2010 11:40 On 4/20/2010 3:07 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:02:25 -0500 > Mark Allums<mark(a)allums.com> wrote: > > Hello Mark, > >> That ought actually to work, if a computer were plugged into the USB >> side. Then you would have a very slow transfer cable. > > Yes, but AIUI, the computer's on the RS232 side. > Well, I meant a computer on both sides, but it matters not a whit. I should probably not post (even to make a joke) if I can't actually be helpful, it wastes everyone's time. Sorry. MAA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BCDC9ED.5000908(a)allums.com
From: Mark Allums on 19 Apr 2010 18:10 On 4/18/2010 3:27 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:15:53 -0500 > Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: > > Hello Ron, > >> Plz show us a link to a USB adapter that plugs into a PC's serial port. > > I've never even looked for one. I'm just going what by Dotan wrote. By > the sounds of it, he's not seen the set up yet, anyhow. It could well > be that his neighbour has got a USB-RS232 adapter plugged in the wrong > way round. Of course, at this point, I'm just guessing. > That ought actually to work, if a computer were plugged into the USB side. Then you would have a very slow transfer cable. MAA (Useless, I know. Not helpful.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BCCD2F1.10202(a)allums.com
From: Freeman on 19 Apr 2010 22:00 On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 04:12:14AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-19 02:58, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >>>It's a 2.6 kernel, so Etch. > > > >>"Plonk" > >> > > > >Why plonk me? Surely this is not the last Etch machine out there? In > >any case, I could probably convince him to upgrade if you think that > >Etch is not up to the task. > > > > You completely missed (probably because gmail's web interface so > incredibly sucks) why he's plonking you. > LOL! That is an hilarious and brilliant edit. I'll miss that part. -- Kind Regards, Freeman http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100420015846.GA17169(a)Europa.office
From: Ron Johnson on 20 Apr 2010 17:30 On 2010-04-20 12:24, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:48:33 -0500 > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: > > Hello Ron, > >> That's what OP wrote, but it makes no sense. > > Indeed. Sounds to me as though Dotan's neighbour isn't all that tech > savvie. > > Again, a bit of guess on my part. > Yeah, but this is one of those "release the apple and it falls" guesses. *Occasionally* it won't, but usually, like 10 9's, it will. -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BCE1AC8.5040604(a)cox.net
From: Dotan Cohen on 22 Apr 2010 11:20
> Indeed. Â Sounds to me as though Dotan's neighbour isn't all that tech > savvie. > He's not, he's calling _me_ for support! Actually, he is very knowledgeable in his field, but this is not his field. It turns out to be a mess of parts. There is the USB card reader that I mentioned earlier, and also a serial usb reader with no documentation or numbers to google. I took a picture of it with my camera phone, I will post a link shortly. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i2s880dece01004220817pda7fdce6u2eb60f1e1f6d9903(a)mail.gmail.com |