Good evening -

So, I got a Earthmate for X-Mas and have had it plugged into my Palm Pilot actually...but recently I have started playing with wireless...(time starts disappearing somewhere around here). Came upon this site, decided to start playing around with some of this.

Problem is new laptop does not have serial whereas earthmate is only serial. Delorme wants $50 for a Serial to USB adapter on their site which send's/receives data but also powers the earthmate.

Question is: I have seen quite a few generic rs-232/serial to USB connectors on eBay for example in the 10-15$ range. Should these work the same and is Delorme just jacking the prices up? Is there somewhere I can find a chart with the pin-outs so I can see if they are the same? I just can't seem to find any resources on this anywhere.

Any help would be appreciated!

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