> > These units are really cheap. Just buy them. If they don't work,
> > send them to us, and we'll try to improve support for the remaining
> > ones.
>
> But skip the Keyspans, right?
Heh. Yes, don't send us any non-free-requiring usb serial devices.
They're basically non-existant in the market these days. I will admit
that I have one in the basement. In a few minutes I'll go crush it
with a hammer, and the world will be a better place.
> My Prolific 2303-based adapter works great, one of the 8, I believe?
man ucom
Or better yet, see usb(4), which combines the lists of these devices
with parallel:
Serial and parallel interfaces
moscom(4) MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapter
uark(4) Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapter
ubsa(4) Belkin USB serial adapter
uchcom(4) WinChipHead CH341/340 based USB serial adapter
ucom(4) USB tty support
ucycom(4) Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapter
uftdi(4) FT8U100AX USB serial adapter
uipaq(4) iPAQ USB units
ulpt(4) USB printer support
umct(4) MCT USB-RS232 USB serial adapter
umodem(4) USB modem support
umsm(4) Qualcomm MSM modem device
uplcom(4) Prolific PL-2303 USB serial adapter
uslcom(4) Silicon Laboratories CP2101/CP2102 based USB serial
adapter
uticom(4) Texas Instruments TUSB3410 USB serial adapter
uvisor(4) USB Handspring Visor
uvscom(4) SUNTAC Slipper U VS-10U USB serial adapter