Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:07:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> To: Otter <otterr@telocity.com> Cc: Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: USB to serial support? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008150705050.82856-100000@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <GDEAIACIKICEEDHCEENEOECPCAAA.otterr@telocity.com>
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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
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