> You could use a usb to serial converter-- like what we use in the office > since our computer does not have a serial port... That's usb to serial
> converter works with Linux .... Well, I did mention using that in the snipped part of my original post. And yes, "That's" is the model I've been using since I found out the serial port on my motherboard was flaky. When there was a power fluctuation, despite being protected by a UPS, I needed to reboot to make the serial port usable again. At the time (two years ago?) I already wanted to buy a USB modem. But then I saw this kernel option for usb serial and rather than ditch a (then) perfectly good modem, I gambled on the USB serial converter. Now the problem is that modem. In shopping around for a replacement, I'm looking for a way to reduce both my power consumption and desktop clutter, especially if I get a host-powered USB modem. A PCI hard modem would be an even neater option. But since PCI appears to be on its way out in favor of PCI Express, I'm thinking a bit of future-proofing my set-up. I now have several other USB to something converters, including parallel (for a printer whose parallel port got damaged), ethernet (still unused) and IDE (for an old 20GB hard disk I have lying around). -- Albert Einstein: Wichtig ist, dass man nicht aufho:rt zu fragen. (The important thing is that we don't stop asking questions.) Highspeed-Freiheit. Bei GMX supergünstig, z.B. GMX DSL_Cityflat, DSL-Flatrate für nur 4,99 Euro/Monat* http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
