[ale] Next Generation Linux Machine

[Eric Z. Ayers]

You can still buy serial ports for these boxes.  

I've just installed an  extra 2 serial ports on a PCI card in a
case where I needed 4 in one computer.  It's made by "Lava"

http://www.lavalink.com  

These 2 ports share an interrupt but are based on the tried and true
16550A UART.  I have a script that you can use to configure them at boot time
based on the output of lspci if you're interested.  


ftp://ftp.compgen.com/pub/gnu/lavaserial-1.0.0.tar.gz      
  or in RPM format if you prefer  
ftp://ftp.compgen.com/pub/gnu/lavaserial-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm

I think this card is 30-40 bucks.  

-Eric.

Vernard Martin writes:
 > Hello folks,
 > 
 > Recently, Myself and a a colleague of mine came to the harsh realization that 
 > newer machines are coming with no ISA slots and some with no serial or parallel
 > ports. Although Linux will boot and run on these machines fine as servers, this
 > presents a problem when doing desktop environments because the pci world is a
 > bit different than the ISA world in the case of modems and sound cards.
 > 
 > Can anyone recommend solutions to the following:
 > 
 > 1) a $5-$15 pci 16bit sound card that is supported under linux?  I know that
 > the Sound Blaster Live! Value edition is supported and it costs about $30 but
 > is the el cheapo market just out of luck?
 > 
 > 2) The brand name of a a $20-$35 pci modem that uses the lucent chipset.  I had
 > great success with one of these modems but it was a no name brand. Is there a
 > Brand name that I can look for and know that it has a the lucent chipset?
 > 
 > Also, what is the status of USB support for keyboards, mice and printers in the
 > 2.2 series of kernels?  Is it still a backport that you have to add yourself or
 > is it officially integrated in now? I'd love to start using USB devices for
 > their physical ease of use but have no luck so far.
 > 
 > thanks for any help you folks can give.
 > 
 > V
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