Re: [Hampshire] USB - serial adapter

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Author: Andy Street
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] USB - serial adapter
On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 08:24 +0100, Steve Kirk wrote:
> Anyhow, is anyone on this list using a similar kind of adapter? I'd be
> interested in any recommendations or problems anyone has experienced using
> the adapter under any linux distro (or *BSD or Solaris, for that matter).


I have one of these[1] adapters which I picked up from Novatech[2]. I've
used it mainly for console access and transferring data from my GPS on
Ubuntu Dapper and Feisty without a problem.

lsusb reports it as:

ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port

Regards,

Andy

[1] http://www.newlinkproducts.co.uk/prodinfo.asp?catID=4&prodID=89
[2] http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?cab-usbser&P=0