[ale] Parallel & serial port cards?

[Jim Kinney]

Startech! That's the name. 

On November 14, 2020 9:12:38 PM EST, Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>I have purchased multiport PCIe serial cards from StarTech in the past 
>that work quite well under Debian.  They have a medusa cable to convert
>
>the large connector to four 9-pin D-subs.  The kernel picks them up 
>right away as 16950 UART fully hardware serial ports.  There are also a
>
>couple combination cards available.
>
>All of the cards show Linux support.  I would recommend separate cards 
>rather than a combo card if you have space.
>
>4-port serial card (this is the one I've been buying for several 
>systems, one computer has three of them):
>https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex4s952
>
>One and Two port parallel SPP/EPP/ECP:
>https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex2pecp2
>https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex1p
>
>Combo cards:
>https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex2s1p553b
>https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex2s5531p
>
>
>
>
>On 2020-11-14 17:20, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
>> It works with xp so it's really old school. That suggests a good
>chance of some Linux happy. I can't recall if vantec is a new name.
>Xilogic?? MC used to have line of internal cards from one maker that
>always worked.  It's been too long since I built a desktop and I can't
>remember the vendor name.
>> 
>> On November 14, 2020 5:51:54 PM EST, Bob Toxen via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend a PCIe card providing a parallel port and a
>serial
>>> port that works with CentOS Linux, preferable that I can mail order
>>>from Microcenter?
>>>
>>> Microcenter offers the following but no indication as to whether it
>>> works with Linux:
>>>
>>>   Vantec 2S1P PCIe Serial & Parallel Combo Host Card
>>>
>>> I've tried several in the past but none worked with Linux.
>>>
>>> Also, can someone recommend a 2-port ethernet PCIe board that works
>>> with
>>> Linux, preferable that I can mail order from Microcenter.
>>>
>>> Thanks to all!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Bob Toxen
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