On Wednesday 22 November 2006 10:38, Roy Souther wrote: > I use the USB serial cable adaptors. They work great for Linux and DOS > programs running under a DOS emulator on Linux. I have had a lot of > problems when clients try to use them in Windows. > > The first one I bought was about $60 but if you look around you can get > them for under $20. > > On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 09:13 -0800, Kin Wong wrote: > > > As you know, new laptops are being made without serial ports. Does > > anyone know or has had success with serial ports cards or usb serial > > cables for laptops? > >
It was recommended to me to use Startech. Here's the link to the USB to Single RS-232 http://www.startech.com/Product/ItemDetail.aspx?productid=ICUSB232&c=CA Here's the link to the USB to Double RS-232 http://www.startech.com/Product/ItemDetail.aspx?productid=ICUSB232C2&c=CA The person that recommended the USB to Single RS-232 (he never tried the double RS-232) had good results using it. He just loaded the drivers and it worked - this was in a MS environment. Not sure of compatibility with linux. He did mention that they used them to communicate with radio equipment, data collectors, satellite equipment. They had tried several other makes and models with limited success. The above links do list Distributor Equivalent Product Codes for some distributors in Canada. HTH, Neil -- Neil Bower CLUG - http://clug.ca Registered Linux User # 323470 ( http://counter.li.org ) _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
