Just received a beautiful EM-200 Temma 2 Jr mount
Wanting to connect it to my notebook for astroimaging of course. Notebook doesn't have a serial port. Mount takes a PS/2 type connector, and the lead provided has a DB9 connector at the computer end.
So the immediate solution would be to get a USB serial adapter USB to DB9. There's plenty of those around, I know.
But I was thinking of "cutting out the middle man" and having a cable that went straight from USB serial adapter to the PS/2 at other end. Thoughts? Possible? Simple? Pitfalls?
Or should I just take the easy approach and get a DB9 one. There's heaps of cheapie eBay $5 ones, or there's a more expensive one from FTDI who I know are a bit better quality, but it was about $45 or something. Worth the extra?