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Jonathan Stone wrote:

> In message <39956750.A6961B6A@augustsson.net>Lennart Augustsson writes
>
> >Right now only those based on the FTDI chip work.  The reason is that
> >the people making these adapters seem to hate to give out any information
> >about them (FDTI was an exception).  See uftdi(4).
>
> Are they clearly labelled as such? Any currently-for-sale brands
> you can recommend?  (its not always easy to find   chipset info).

I've never seen an adapter that actually gives you the chip information. :(
I have an adapter where the box was labeled "Inland", the adapter itself
is totally free from labels.


> Also, how many ports do the devices have? With two serial cables per
> machine, its pretty easy to get to a point where a Cyclades (or
> Rocketport, drivers, sigh) starts to win on cabling count.

The Inland adapter has one port.  I've only seen max two ports on a USB
adapter.

    -- Lennart


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