From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 2 23:57:21 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64306A9C for ; Sat, 2 May 2015 23:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x233.google.com (mail-ie0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DA4F16B1 for ; Sat, 2 May 2015 23:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iejt8 with SMTP id t8so109894520iej.2 for ; Sat, 02 May 2015 16:57:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=DYkuD6STT9VXiD0tl8jwmLpq7OAkAnbRYk6iEA6c/ZU=; b=S/sCOgtyCjfjaKQGaUNmmzhPoo+Bz1AtLxyWg0N0PUhoBIfXlrREUFBLBLzdw/gawM wVDA17cabw7Wbrq3BTcmJ/mMZHjEAOLH9L06bTZpyOnOTBGzof9ukq3O/mdU8zOmSr1x Hej9W75M13FtqjLXljauk/iDUuDinlxg8RQ8M2zfsbfC/LEb5aYnIZCHVqx2lXxpSTaX SMtaDalmts8zWGK6MMSdJyNQr8FnzPOttBQJmnysJJXem69NyVJlmXlFqzokKD9epR7l uxrrALLyEyR2mHoDVVKSqJiiN2/KIhyztRunEUySwn7KeGRjRTJz3Ajt+3z9OxkD82bQ P3hA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.43.146.67 with SMTP id jx3mr9365737icc.63.1430611040575; Sat, 02 May 2015 16:57:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.24.141 with HTTP; Sat, 2 May 2015 16:57:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150502234245.e1098b2a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20150502145500.GA2402@c720-r276659> <20150502234245.e1098b2a.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 16:57:20 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: USB to serial adapter From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Polytropon Cc: Matthias Apitz , FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 May 2015 23:57:21 -0000 On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 2 May 2015 16:55:00 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > I have an old VT100 terminal and want this connect to a laptop running > > FreeBSD which has only USB ports (just for fun to participate in some > > Vintage Computer Festival). Anybody knows a good adapter which works > > with our uplcom(4) driver? > > I'd be interested in that topic, too. I have the DEC vt101 > which still works (tested with _real_ serial port), but > as serial ports are vanishing on desktops, and are being > nonexistent on laptops, this would be a nice recipe to > have in order to bring a piece of museum art back to life. > > Furthermore, I'd be interested if this approach will only > work for communication devices (serial terminal lines), or > if it can also be used for pointing devices (serial mice, > maybe even digitizer tablets). > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > > http://www.amazon.com/Aten-Technologies-UC232A-Serial-Adapter/dp/B00006HNF6 http://www.aten.com/products/productItem.php?model_no=UC232A#.VUVkL-RlAWM http://www.amazon.com/Digitus-DA-70156-Usb-Serial-Adaptor/dp/B0030IT780/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1430610687&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Assmann+DA-70156 http://assmann.us/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11087 These are defined as Linux compatible also among others ( without mentioning FreeBSD ) . I did not used any one of them . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk