Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 16:57:20 -0700 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB to serial adapter Message-ID: <CAOgwaMuVSK=NYkFHDW=EmK19eZqEnz6YxcC%2BiC4m4DktTpfwPA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150502234245.e1098b2a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20150502145500.GA2402@c720-r276659> <20150502234245.e1098b2a.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> 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
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