mufurcz wrote:
Greetings,
It seems that the dumbing down of laptops is a constant
preoccupation/sadistic joy for the
laptop manufacturers, and the RS-232/422/485 protocols are destined to
be extinct by them.
My daily work requires to access a number headless *NIX systems in
different places, so I
need the missing RS-232 ports on my laptops!
Can please, somebody advise me regarding a good quality and reliable
well tested RS-232/422
serial PCMCIA card and/or USB 2.0 (to) serial adapters - or I am just
day-dreaming?!
Theoretically such an (well designed) adapter would work with OpenBSD,
Debian, Solaris x86
and Windblown - without installing binary drivers and/or modifying
kernel parameters, just simply
adding a few16550 UART chips to my laptops.
Ioan
Thanks for the advise, I guess the Belkin (F5U409-CU) will do for now.
The Quatech range of USB 2.0 to serial adapters looks impressive
(921.6 kbps, 1024-byte FIFO, hardware and software flow control)
but it's very pricey! http://www.quatech.com/catalog/usb_2.0.php
Regards,
Ioan
