COM to USB devices

Jim wrote:
>
> My wife is running W98. I installed a USB card so that she could hook up
> her scanner. Now she wants to connect her Palm cradle to the USB port
> using a COM-to-USB cable.
>
> Anyone had any experience with these?
I have the same setup on a Mac. If you have another port, plug in the
cradle through the adapter to the USB port and load the appropriate
software. The com to usb was about $40 when I bought it and was only
available from 3COM or Palm(whatever it is/was).

Hope this helps,
Eric :-)