Adding to Mr. Cochran's remarks, the USB to serial
port<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port>usually is a 9-pin like
the ones provided on the IBM PC AT. The Wikipedia
article Serial Port <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port> has a
picture of a USB dongle. It is a good source for background information.
Dongles usually requires a Windoze software driver to make it usable as a
serial port. There would be a need for it to have a similar software
driver for FreeDOS.
That last statement is where the issue sits.
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Bob Cochran <bcochra...@verizon.net> wrote:
> You can buy a USB-to-serial adapter that plugs into your USB port and
> provides a serial port. I don't know if FreeDOS provides drivers to support
> USB-to-serial adapters but they exist. There are online stores that sell
> these adapters in great variety -- the chipsets used to support them vary,
> and at least one online store will identify the chipset for each of the
> adapters sold.
>
> Again, and to be clear...I do not know if FreeDOS supports these adapters.
>
> Bob Cochran
>
> On 9/2/12 10:52 PM, Aman Singer wrote:
>
> Hi, All.
> I have a laptop on which I would like to install Free DOS. I am,
> however, in some difficulty. The laptop has only one serial port built in. I
> am in need of two such ports. The unit has a USB port and several PCMCIA
> slots, but no other serial port. If I may ask, is there any external
> hardware which provides a serial port that I could use? Alternatively, does
> FreeDOS support any PCMCIA or USB modems?
> Thanks.
> Aman Singer
>
>
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