[AusNOG] Retailers who stock USB-to-serial adaptors?

[Tim March]

Any dongle with a Prolific PL2303 chipset (such as those sold by Jaycar) 
will be reasonably compatible with most OS'.

The default Ubuntu/CentOS kernel will talk to them and OSX will talk to 
them with something like https://github.com/berg/osx-pl2303

Kermit is the go if you've got hair on your chest and Minicom will work 
if you dig on mothers milk =)



T.

On 13/02/13 9:39 PM, James Hodgkinson wrote:
> Well, only accept the ATEN brand ones in my experience - from any
> seller... though I guess I've been lucky in the past with MSY. I've
> had ones from Jaycar that I ended up taking back for driver issues
> etc. :S
>
> James
>
> On 13 February 2013 21:05, John Lindsay <JLindsay at internode.com.au> wrote:
>> And you can live with the possibility that it will be some random piece of crap that needs a special driver.
>>
>> Still annoyed that I didn't test a 32GB SD card before I left the store a few weeks ago.
>>
>> Went to use it in a picture frame and my Mac won't talk to it.
>>
>> Given that it was brand-name I assume it's dodgy as per bunny's blog (worth Googling and reading).
>>
>> Haven't bothered trying to take it back.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> jsl
>>
>>
>> On 13/02/2013, at 9:05 PM, James Hodgkinson <yaleman at ricetek.net>
>>   wrote:
>>
>>> Msy if the job's not too early :)
>>>
>>> On 13 February 2013 20:10, Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au> wrote:
>>>> Side joke, are you sure it is the cable that is faulty and not the <insert
>>>> whichever brand would most likely to be broken or for this to have the most
>>>> comedic value> router? </has had that problem>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> DSE, JBHI, Hardly Normal possibly.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Mattia Rossi
>>>>> <mattia.rossi.mailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> That should do it:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4834
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.jaycar.com.au/stores.asp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mat
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 13.02.2013 10:47, schrieb Paul Gear:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've just realised that my USB-to-serial adaptor that stays in my laptop
>>>>>>> bag is faulty and i have a job to use it on tomorrow. Which brick & mortar
>>>>>>> retailers are most likely to stock them?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>
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