This is though when it does not work and others just so easy. ( I first purchased this adapter. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300442860749 If I short the tx/rv together, hypterm works fine. But, not matter which disc I hook up to, I have 3 bad, I never see anything back. I have swapped tx/rv. I have the paper under the PC board such that I let the drive spin up, then listen to it spin down, before I connect. So, assuming this would not work for some reason, I purchased FTDI TTL-232R-3V3 USB Cable that some others have used and worked. Again, everything worked just like the above. Fine until I connect. I just got a power adapter so I was able to put the disc into the same computer the USB was powered from. Again, just like above, exactly the same results. Any other ideas to try? I need this disc back badly