ABC Products® USB To Serial / 9 Pin / DB9 / Serial / RS-232 / RS232 Cable Adapter Converter Adaptor Adapter Converter Convertor Prolific Chipset PL2303RA PDA Barcode SAT NAV GPS or navigation system etc PC and MAC Supports WIN 98SE, 2000, XP , Vista, 7, 8, Mac os V8.6 ~ 9.2 plus (Electronics) 5
ABC Products® USB To Serial / 9 Pin / DB9 / Serial / RS-232 / RS232 Cable Adapter Converter Adaptor Adapter Converter Convertor Prolific Chipset PL2303RA PDA Barcode SAT NAV GPS or navigation system etc PC and MAC Supports WIN 98SE, 2000, XP , Vista, 7, 8, Mac os V8.6 ~ 9.2 plus (Electronics)
I received this converter cable this morning to connect my Wacom Intuos on my laptop (XP sp3). First you need to install the latest version of the driver on this site: [...] Then, in Control Panel, choose a low COM port ( Then, on the Wacom site, you need a Legacy that supports the serial port. For my Intuos I took the 4.78. Select the serial bus port (1 for me) and install. The tablet works.
From what I read in English on the web, the procedure is the same for 32-bit Vista and 7, except that you install the Wacom driver 6.12, the last that supports the serial port.
This procedure does NOT running on 64bit systems. It is imperative to a USB tablet.