On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 09:15:13PM -0700, Will Andrews wrote: > serial ports. How am I going to do that cheaply? Well, N-port > serial cards (where N is >= 4) cost a few hundred dollars from > everywhere I could see (granted, they're niche items and are > accordingly priced).
I've eBay'ed both a Comtrol RocketPort PCI 8-port for $26 and a 16-port for $28. Non-Digi used devices can be had pretty cheaply. > two 4-port USB hubs and get 8 single-port serial adapters. So > far as I can tell, the total cost would be approximately: > > 8 x USB->RS232 DB9 Male @ $8/ea = $64 Where did you find these so cheap? They are $30-$40 at Fry's. -- -- David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
