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

[Jake Anderson]

pshaw, real men use 2 terminals, tail and echo > /dev/ttyfoo
(no internet makes installing serial packages hard, need serial packages 
to get internet....)


On 13/02/13 22:21, Tim March wrote:
>
> 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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