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Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable
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based on 62 reviews
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Category Average
$38.99
from 1 storePros
Cons
- Unreliable (22)
- Limited compatibility (15)
- No performance gain (4)
- Weak connection points (3)
- Flimsy (2)
- A little pricey but (1)
- Bad driver sw (1)
- Doesn't work (1)
- Doesn't work with a mac (1)
- Had to find mac driver (1)
Best Uses
- Computer equipment (27)
- High-end equipment (8)
- Networking (6)
- Connect old device (1)
- Connection to vista (1)
- Fta receiver (1)
- Landfill (1)
- Software development (1)
- Throw it in the garbage (1)
- Vinyl cutter (1)
Where to Buy
Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable
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Good 8.6
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RadioShack
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Product Reviews
Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable Reviews
Most helpful positive review
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
Most helpful negative review
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
No problems here
"I bought one three years ago, and it has worked flawlessly for me on Gateway, Dell and HP laptops running Windows XP and Vista. It has connected to my Palm, other computers, and numerous Cisco, Nortel, and Bay Network routers. I use it reguarly for my network consulting business. I had tried ones from other retailers and was not satisfied. Either they did not work or were unrelieable. This one worked from the..." Read Full Review »
Sep 30, 2008 by CountryComputers
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Not the greatest...
"Bought this to connect my car's ECU to my laptop. I have a laptop with a built-in serial port and the car works with it. However, on my laptop without a serial port, with the car connected through this cable, it will not work at all. After monkeying with it for hours, I eventually got it to read values from my car's ECU, but they were way off. RPM's were reading between 9,000 and 9,999 when at idle. That is..." Read Full Review »
Jun 04, 2009 by Jason "Mr. 3000GT"
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 62 Reviews
Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable Review
Works well on Mac w/ open source driver
- None
Pros
- Had to find Mac driver
Cons
- None
Best Uses
"Worked fine connecting to a Sun V100 using a Mac running OS X 10.5
Mac driver not included. Had to locate, download, and install the PL2303 0.3.1 open source driver.
Connected to Sun V100 using the following command "serial /dev/tty.PL2303-00001004" (tty file created after connecting seria
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- Quality Oriented
Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable Review
Works great
- Durable construction
- Highly Compatible
- Reliable
- Strong Connection Points
Pros
- None
Cons
- Computer Equipment
Best Uses
"This cable worked just fine under Vista SP2 64-bit. I had to use hardware handshaking (RTS/CTS) for it to work with my software. It would have been nice if the "manual" had said something about configuring the comm port and had some basic troubleshooting.
Overall great cable.
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- Quality Oriented
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable Review
No problems here
- Durable construction
- Highly Compatible
- Improves Performance
- Reliable
- Strong Connection Points
Pros
- No cons
Cons
- Computer Equipment
- Networking
Best Uses
"I bought one three years ago, and it has worked flawlessly for me on Gateway, Dell and HP laptops running Windows XP and Vista. It has connected to my Palm, other computers, and numerous Cisco, Nortel, and Bay Network routers. I use it reguarly for my network consulting business. I had tried ones …" Read Full Review »
- Quality Oriented
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable Review
Not the greatest...
- Durable construction
- Strong Connection Points
Pros
- Limited Compatibility
- Unreliable
Cons
- Computer Equipment
Best Uses
"Bought this to connect my car's ECU to my laptop. I have a laptop with a built-in serial port and the car works with it. However, on my laptop without a serial port, with the car connected through this cable, it will not work at all.
After monkeying with it for hours, I eventually got it to rea
…"
Read Full Review »
- Quality Oriented
Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable Review
Pleasantly surprised!
- Highly Compatible
- Reliable
Pros
- pricey
Cons
- Computer Equipment
- High-End Equipment
Best Uses
"Bought this for my laptop and am surprised how well it worked. I have 2 adapters I used with XP, most things worked with one adapter and not the other. I recently installed Windows 7 64 bit and neither adapter had updated drivers. I tried this adapter and the OS properly detected it. I successfully …" Read Full Review »
- Quality Oriented
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Where to Buy
Gigaware 6-ft. USB-A to Serial Cable
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BizRate Rating
Good 8.6
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$38.99 |
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RadioShack
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