No, my USB/Serial cable *does not* change the display contrast of my T102 or M100 when connected to either my HP Mini 100e laptop or my Dell WinXP desktop computer.
Neither does my standard serial cable when connected to my Dell WinXP desktop computer and either the T102 or M100. Regards, Peter > < snip > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:03:55 -0400 > From: Thomas Morehouse <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [M100] 102 com port power drain? > Message-ID: > < > calgb4eoya4mshp1eqpvryv9ivxu54pws1boxnh3snih1nvw...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanks Peter. When you plug that cable/adapter into your m100 (or M102), > does the screen dim at all? > > Tom M. > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 7:57 PM Peter Noeth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My cable has a USB-A connector on one end and a DB-25M connector on the > > other end. The DB-25M end is wired as DCE (the equivelant of a null > modem > > adapter attached). So no gender changers, no DB-9/DB-25 adapters, no > > null-modem adapters. Just one clean cable. > > > > I got it in 2006, when there were more "flavors" of cable > configurations > > available. It has a Prolific chip and is USB 2.0 compatible. > > > > Of course this may not be helpful to the discussion, but it does show > > that there *once was* a simpler solution. > > > > Regards, > > > > Peter > > > < snip > >
