Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:40:35 -0400 From: "Otter" <otterr@TELOCITY.COM> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: USB to serial support? Message-ID: <GDEAIACIKICEEDHCEENEOEDNCAAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008150705050.82856-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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all this talk of referencing other sites for info and i can't even read what's in front of me.. ACK! sorry about that. -Otter > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Linh Pham > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:08 AM > To: Otter > Cc: Gabriel Ambuehl; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: USB to serial support? > > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Otter mumbled: > > > Gabriel, > > For additional serial ports, you might want to consider a > DigiBoard or > > BocaBoard. For modem use, look at the FreeBSD HCL first. > The Boca 1008 > > is one that does NOT work with modems, last i knew. > > Both are nice boards, but in this case, I don't think > Gabriel has any > PCI/ISA slots left as stated below. > > I personally do not know if any USB to serial port adapters > work under > FreeBSD. You may want to glance at the FreeBSD Handbook under > suppported hardware for a list of compatible hardware. > > The FreeBSD Handbook can be viewed at > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook > > > > I'm in need for a USB to serial adapter because I ran > out of serial > > > ports in one of my machines and don't have any slots left > > > for ISA/PCI > > > serial cards. I recently saw some USB-to-Serial > adapters (intended > > > primarily for modems, I think but this shouldn't > matter) and thought > > > this could be a solution. > > > // Linh Pham > // http://closedsrc.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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