This Insignia™ NS-PU99501 cable allows you to connect a device with an RS-232 (DB9) serial port to a USB hub or USB-equipped PC or Mac and supports data transfer rates of more than 115 Kbps for rapid performance.
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The device didn't end up taking care of what we needed to do with it. I suspect that all serial-to-usb systems have a hard time working with legacy hardware at some point. It was a wasted $20 but we're keeping it just in case we are able to find a piece of legacy hardware that we're able to use with it. Also, the drivers sucked.
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The computer was perfectly able to handle all the tasks I threw at it. We needed to downgrade it to Windows 7 and while that was a pain (due to Windows 8), it eventually worked. Toshiba's website was generally unhelpful in obtaining drivers for it but as it was not the preferred operating system of the device, I find it hard to fault them.