peter wrote: > Seems that an adapter such as http://www.ebay.ca/itm/381346598663 , > similar to the first generation adapter, might work. The concluding > sentence in > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Serial_adapters#First_generation_serial_adapter > is "This only works on the XO-1." What prevents it from working on an > XO-1.5? Can anyone elaborate on this compatibility topic?
i believe it's because the later adapters are USB adapters, and are powered from the USB side. the old XO-1 adapter gets power from the laptop -- that power isn't available from later models. (read the descriptions of "Pin 1" in the Electrical Details section of the page you linked to. paul =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
