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Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 20:30:09 -0500
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Subject: Re: No serial port on Toshiba Satellite A30
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On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 09:06:46AM +0930, Eric Parsonage wrote:
> I understand that it is possible to get a USB-Serial converter but
> will one of these things work under FBSD ? Has anybody ever configured
> one ?

Yes.  Yes.  

I believe the one I used was based on the Keyspan USA-19W chip.

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Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
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