Ok, Here we go.
My Ebay seller refunded my money for the bad cables and useless QuickCom programmer without issue, kudos to him for doing the right thing.
Thank you Coroplast for hitting on the cables being the issue, I purchased a new set of cables and I CAN now connect to my OPNs with either the NOAHlink or serial Hi-Crap without issue.
Both the StarTech FTDI Null Modem cable or the standard CableCreation CD0477 connected in series with the original Hi-Pro serial cable seem to work fine with the Hi-Crap. So I am not real sure what the difference is internally, possibly the original Hi-Pro serial cable makes the crossover??
In either case, both configurations seem to work fine
So, now that I have probably spent the equivalent $$$ of a brand new USB Hi-Pro 2 on old Crap, I have to say I am very happy with the results of both Old (Crap) programmers.
You would need a milli second stop watch to tell the difference in connection times between them and for a DYI programmer i think it makes little if any difference.
Now it is off to the races to get into the programming aspect of things, you’ll likely see me in the OPN programming thread soon.
Thanks again to Coroplast and PVC for your assistance and contributions.
Regards,
Mike