I have had good luck with Ebay and Amazon. If you happen to get a fake Prolific chip in a cable, so what?  It is not hard to get the right driver for it.

Jardy Dawson
WA7JRD Ham Radio

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On Aug 17, 2016, at 16:04, Richard B. Emerson <pavilion@pinefields.com> wrote:

As with anything, know who you're buying from. I met Valley Enterprises
via eBay, where they have a virtual store. I'm pleased with the FTDI
cable they sold me via eBay.

73 de KC3DOO
Rick


On 8/17/2016 5:37 PM, David Ranch wrote:
I would avoid Ebay as you get zero quality control from most vendors
there (lots of counterfeit Prolific and even FTDI chips).  I would also
avoid RT Systems as their cables will work, they are extremely expensive
for what they are.   I compromise between these two worlds can include:

    https://www.valley-ent.com/store/two-way-radio/programming-cables

--David
KI6ZHD

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