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Kevin,

  I had this problem, even before Tiger, I just gave up, I run virtual PC 7 
which seems fine, though a touch slow.
I've actually thought about buying a cheap PC so I can work with my code on 
that. Its really frustrating.

Paul


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin" <dlc@frii.com>
To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:39 PM
Subject: [AVR-Chat] Still, no USB/serial dongle works on Tiger


> Hi all,
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>   I'm trying to get avr-gcc and avrdude to work with my AVRISP
> programmer using a USB/serial dongle.  I have three such dongles and NOT
> ONE OF THEM will create a device file that I can use with AVRDUDE.  I
> have a Keyspan dual unit, an Entrega single unit, and a ATEN dongle.  I
> don't know what the Keyspan uses for a solution, but the Entrega uses
> the FTDI chip, the ATEN uses the Prolific chip.  I've gotten the latest
> Prolific driver from their site, it doesn't make the file, Entrega was
> swallowed by Intel who seems intent on forgetting that device, so I've
> not found a driver for it and the Keyspan unit is too old to appear on
> the Keyspan site.  It appears that I need to find a new, supported
> solution.  Can anyone recommend a working solution to give me a reliable
> USB/serial translation on the Mac?
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>   I'd love to get a serial terminal to work (I have ZTERM), but it too
> won't see any of these USB/serial items.  The worst part is that the
> USB/serial dongle from ATEN (Prolific) is seen on Virtual PC, but is
> really flaky there.  Is there any decent solution?
>
> thanks,
> DLC
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