[ale] USB-to-Serial Cable

[Bob Toxen]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:08:19PM -0400, Kent Pirkle wrote:
> I'll second the keyspan. I have the USA-19QW and it works well with Red
> Hat 9. I've used it to connect to an external modem, as a Sun console,
> and as a Linux serial console.
What sort of driver, device name, and method of controlling baud rate
is there?  I'd like to be able to speak serial with my Thinkpad Laptop.
(I actually had a need earlier this year and had to drag out my AT&T
CRT built in 1986 that still worked!)

Bob Toxen
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> On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 18:13, Ryan wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > My laptop doesn't have a serial port on it and I need to talk to some
> > serial equiment. I guess I need a USB-to-Serial cable. I've never shopped
> > for one before. Could someone recommend a good (but inexpensive)
> > linux-compatible cable? Thanks.
> > 
> > Ryan