[TriLUG] usb to serial adapter

[Matthew Lavigne]

On Monday 15 November 2004 4:00 pm, Jason Tower wrote:
> do these devices work nicely with linux?  are any special drivers required
> or is linux support pretty much a given (can i use them with minicom as
> /dev/ttyS0 or something similar)?  any particular brands/models y'all can
> recommend?
>
> jason
>
> ps - those of you who work at ibm, please put a bug in the ear of the
> thinkpad team to INCLUDE A BLOODY SERIAL PORT ON THEIR LAPTOPS!


And the response would be....

Legacy device and thus no longer needed.

now the pple that are working on the switches would beg to differ but you know 
the marketing bodies, they have the ear of the pple.

(from someone that has already peed on that electric fence)