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Wild West

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Ok, last week I had a major computer failure, hard disk went way south but we did recover all the data and then shot it. :) It wasn't a surprise. The Dell was 13yo, the Gibbs software was 17 and the Ashlar Cobalt CAD was 15. It was time. So I bought a new computer, paid the maintenance upgrade for Gibbs, updated the Cobalt. Everything is brand new!

But -

Now everything is running on USB and that's OK. I bought an adapter to connect from computer USB to the old style communication cable connector. Guess what? They don't like each other. They are not speaking to one another. How can I solve this? My computer guy doesn't know.

Anybody have this problem?

Thanks!
 
I'm assuming that you are using a USB to serial adapter?

Not all brands work as well and even the best may not be as good as a dedicated serial card in the computer because the data is essentially being translated twice. Usually the problem is seen with older equipment.

If all else fails I would try a dedicated serial card since that is closest to what used to work.
 
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