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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 03:26:56PM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> 
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> USB to Serial Adaptor, sold online for $20,

Where? I couldn't find one for less than $90.

http://www.digistoreonline.com/product.asp?sku=1890191&srccode=cii_13436903&cpncode=07-8742158

> plugs into the USB port and provides a serial port.             

That would do the trick.

> (We have something similar for USB to PS/2 and 
> for PS/2 to serial, to let us use older mice).  The software might be 
> easier to set up than for your screwy PCI serial card.

It, and every low-profile, 3.3V PCI RS232, single-port card I have
been able to find says it will only work with 2.4+ kernels.

> The Handspring Visor is a PDA that comes with either serial or USB cradle.
> Is a $20 USB to serial adaptor cheaper than a USB PDA cradle?

Don't know.

> 
> BL3 does not (yet) come with ttyUSB devices, though it works fine with 
> them, so make at least two.  The 'big' 2.2.26 kernel either includes or 
> lets you insmod usb_serial.  (2.4.31 won't insmod it, buggy).
> 
>    The Linux USB sub-system

Thanks for info. If I can get a $20 usb-serial adaptor, I'll go
that route for now. If I have to spend $90 I'll just start buying
up 486's wherever I can find them.

Off to Goodwill with BL in my pocket...

I really need to know more about hardware, anyway.

Lee