Re: [luau] Tried a USB to serial adapter?
Should be fine,98,98SE up will provide USB,you wouldn't have Dos support for mouse or Keybd if BIOS doesn't support it.Inside OS,OK. al plant wrote: Since we are on this odd and off topic: I have a Win 98 box ( that belongs to a client) that doesn't have USB input on it and we need to run a HP Printer/Copier/Scanner on it. Can we just install a USB card from Comp USA and Have it work like we
Re: [luau] Tried a USB to serial adapter?
Jeff Mings wrote: > > Hi Gang, > > This is a bit off-topic, but others may also find it interesting: > Has anyone tried one of the USB to serial port adapters? I just > purchased a Dell Poweredge server that has PCI 2.2 slots that are only > keyed for 3.3v operation. This means that the 4 serial port RocketPort > card I have, which is keyed for 5v operation (ala PCI 2.1), won't fit > into a slot. I need 3 more serial ports and am considering trying one > of the units that plug into a USB port and provide 4 serial ports, but I > have never _really_ trusted USB for "important" things. Any > suggestions on these USB to serial adapters? > > Thanks in advance, > -Jeff > > ___ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau ### Since we are on this odd and off topic: I have a Win 98 box ( that belongs to a client) that doesn't have USB input on it and we need to run a HP Printer/Copier/Scanner on it. Can we just install a USB card from Comp USA and Have it work like we did for a Visor Hand Held on another box? Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.7 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043
Re: [luau] Tried a USB to serial adapter?
I have a Belkin USB to Serial adaptor, and it works great in Linux. On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 06:32:42PM -1000, Jeff Mings wrote: > Hi Gang, > >This is a bit off-topic, but others may also find it interesting: > Has anyone tried one of the USB to serial port adapters? I just > purchased a Dell Poweredge server that has PCI 2.2 slots that are only > keyed for 3.3v operation. This means that the 4 serial port RocketPort > card I have, which is keyed for 5v operation (ala PCI 2.1), won't fit > into a slot. I need 3 more serial ports and am considering trying one > of the units that plug into a USB port and provide 4 serial ports, but I > have never _really_ trusted USB for "important" things. Any > suggestions on these USB to serial adapters? > > Thanks in advance, > -Jeff > > > ___ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
