Oh no. This is the start of another youtube journey through British comedy sketches. I just know it.
You're missing the "title" text from this comic [1]: "Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we've all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit."
Indeed. But they don't work reliably (I've tried both FTDI and Prolific chipsets), especially with slower devices with which reliable flow control is essential.You can find many examples of USB RS232 adaptors,
Yup, that was a typo. I've corrected it now. Thanks. (I've been using a full-sized keyboard for a few days, and coming back to the compact keyboard on my laptop, my "2"-finger reaches the "1" key!)I've never come across 15-pin RS232
Strictly speaking this overvoltage design flaw is a consistent issue that was intermittently observered, rather than an intermittent issue. What a _huge_ relief that it can be worked around in software! (A board revision and another year's wait would have been A Very Horrible Thing.)In other news I can see (an interesting message in the Pyra newsgroup) that @hns has been doing some amazing work fixing an intermittent issue with the modem powering down.
Strictly speaking this overvoltage design flaw is a consistent issue that was intermittently observered, rather than an intermittent issue. What a _huge_ relief that it can be worked around in software