<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I've always used the UC232A from Aten - a few computer shoes have them, and they have drivers for Windows and OSX - both Intel and PPC - and also Linux.<div><br></div><div>A quick search finds them at HT for $25.</div><div><a href="http://www.ht.com.au/part/X9300-ATEN-UC232A-serial-adapter/detail.hts">http://www.ht.com.au/part/X9300-ATEN-UC232A-serial-adapter/detail.hts</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Richard Stephens</div><div><br><div><div>On 20/07/2011, at 3:24 PM, Luke Iggleden wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>If you need a few for stock, like we do, I suggest buying from amazon.. Had mixed luck with expansys (and tends to be $$ more)<br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keyspan-USA-19HS-Hi-Speed-supports-Sequence/dp/B0000VYJRY">http://www.amazon.com/Keyspan-USA-19HS-Hi-Speed-supports-Sequence/dp/B0000VYJRY</a><br><br><br>On 20/07/2011, at 2:40 PM, Shaun Ewing wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On 20/07/2011, at 2:05 PM, James Troy wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hi everyone,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Just got a new laptop from work and it turns out they got me one with no comm. Ports, which makes it hard to console to just about anything, anyone got any recommendations/horror stories for the many different brand usb adapters?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I've always had success with the Keyspan USB serial adapters, and they work on both PC and Mac:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://www.expansys.com.au/keyspan-high-speed-usb-serial-adapter-121827/<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Used them with no hassles to connect to everything from switches/routers through to programming phone and access control systems.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The last laptop I purchased with a serial port was about 5 years ago :)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-Shaun<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Shaun Ewing | +61 422 804 537 | shaun@shaun.net | http://shaun.net/<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">AusNOG mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog<br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br>AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br>http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>