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From: Dale Botkin <dale@BOTKIN.ORG>


> No, I was not Microsoft-bashing (honest!!).  Just pointing out that all of
> the developers of USB are/were large, for-profit enterprises.
> Considering the players, you can expect the mentality that a $2500
> registration fee is negligible.

That still sucks particularly when considering that there's a push toward
dropping the COM ports on PCs.

Sure, USB may be more flexible for end users of commodity products, stuff
like this and the extra complexity of the protocol simply doesn't help the
development of limited-run devices, particularly for niche industries, such
as what I've seen with the moves to kill the ISA bus.

Will USB to RS-232 devices also be forced off the face of the market too?
Has anyone been successfull in using custom RS-232 projects through such a
USB adaptor?

Jeff

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