> > These units are really cheap. Just buy them. If they don't work, > > send them to us, and we'll try to improve support for the remaining > > ones. > > But skip the Keyspans, right?
Heh. Yes, don't send us any non-free-requiring usb serial devices. They're basically non-existant in the market these days. I will admit that I have one in the basement. In a few minutes I'll go crush it with a hammer, and the world will be a better place. > My Prolific 2303-based adapter works great, one of the 8, I believe? man ucom Or better yet, see usb(4), which combines the lists of these devices with parallel: Serial and parallel interfaces moscom(4) MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapter uark(4) Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapter ubsa(4) Belkin USB serial adapter uchcom(4) WinChipHead CH341/340 based USB serial adapter ucom(4) USB tty support ucycom(4) Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapter uftdi(4) FT8U100AX USB serial adapter uipaq(4) iPAQ USB units ulpt(4) USB printer support umct(4) MCT USB-RS232 USB serial adapter umodem(4) USB modem support umsm(4) Qualcomm MSM modem device uplcom(4) Prolific PL-2303 USB serial adapter uslcom(4) Silicon Laboratories CP2101/CP2102 based USB serial adapter uticom(4) Texas Instruments TUSB3410 USB serial adapter uvisor(4) USB Handspring Visor uvscom(4) SUNTAC Slipper U VS-10U USB serial adapter