The Trendnet TU-S9 (works on 32 and 64bit), it uses the prolific chip and it's pretty cheap, making it fit for a vending machine. Trendnet could actually use the Franks Hot Sauce commercial on TV to advertise, the one that the old lady says "I put that s$@t on everything".
P.S.: I don't work for trendnet :) -- Michael Gatti main. 949.371.5474 (UTC -8) On Feb 17, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Bryan Irvine wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Leo Bicknell <bickn...@ufp.org> wrote: >> In a message written on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 01:35:15PM -0500, Jay Ashworth >> wrote: >>> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a >>> vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't >>> let vendor specificity scare you off. >> >> USB->Serial adapters. Preferably selected so they are driverless on >> both OSX and Windows. :) > > The trick is to look for one that works on OpenBSD. If it works > there, it will work on Windows, Mac, and Linux. YMMV. :-) >