Pretty sure I said yes on every option, except color of the case, where I selected blue. So I won't worry about it until the thing arrives. Though I was thinking have both in place, and use one for power? and the other for signal. Just in case it has trouble with the current draw. Instructions mentioned that could be a problem. Or I suppose I could cheat and put a connector on it for a wall wart. I've got a couple of those laying around here that put out a regulated 5VDC at half an amp. That would be plenty of power to run it. Somewhere here I have a USB-to parallel printer cable, but I don't think any of my remaining printers have the parallel interface. USB or Ethernet/WiFi these days. I guess I'll have to see if ftdi to USB will run a USB printer. Finding a Wordstar printer driver for my Epson Workforce WF-7620 might be interesting. ;)
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On Sunday, August 2, 2020, 09:51:43 AM CDT, Mark Moulding <mark@...> wrote:
Bill, if you selected "Yes, Please" to the USB-Serial adapter option when you bought the full kit, it will come with one; that's what I'm using, and it works perfectly.,? That said, it looks pretty generic - it's just one of the board-level devices with a mini-USB socket on one end and a six-pin connector on the other, so any of the Arduino-type devices ought to work OK, too.? The ones you found on Amazon look identical to the one that came with the kit.
You only need one for the console to run CP/M effectively.? I've been considering building a TTL-RS-232 level shifter for the second port, and using it as a printer port (it's currently configured that way in the CP/M BIOS).
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