Fritz,
I would check out Amazon to see what is available there. I'm sorry that
I can't offer advice specific to the FT-1000, but a few of us here in
Detroit recently purchased ICOM-to-USB adapters off Amazon which work
very well. I've not looked at what they might have for your situation,
but recently I have been pleasantly surprised at the breadth of amateur
radio products carried by Amazon. They were even offering the Yaesu
FT-991 transceiver (to my surprise).
You might even find a cable which would go directly from USB to the DIN
connector on the FT-1000, so no more need for the FIF-232C. Less
clutter on your operating desk :-)
I would agree with some of the other respondents who recommended
sticking with adapters using a real FTDI chip.
If you find something that works well for you, please share the info
here on the reflector. I am a devoted FT-1000-D user myself (I own six
of them, from back in the days when we were doing multi-multi contesting
here) and I suspect the day is coming when I'll have to abandon my DOS
boat anchors and jump into the 21st century :-)
73, Dave/K8CC
On 6/3/2016 11:23 AM, FritzOAQ wrote:
I'm wanting to get rid of my boat anchor of a computer running Windows 98 &
N1MM+.
So, what's the best/cheapest solution of getting the RS-232 plug from my
Yaesu FIF-232C box into a USB on the new computer?
I see a USB to RS-232 adapter (USB-RS232) at
http://www.hosenose.com/store/productDetail.aspx?ProdID=5658
<http://www.hosenose.com/store/productDetail.aspx?ProdID=5658&PrimaryCatID=4
6&> &PrimaryCatID=46& for $22 which looks like it shud do the job.
Any suggestions, ideas, comments?
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