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

[Matt Perkins]

This ipad/phone based solution is  very cool. We have them rolled out 
for all our ops' and resellers.

http://www.get-console.com/

Very Very handy and much lighter/more battery  then laptop in most cases.


Matt.


On 14/02/13 10:21 AM, Jake Anderson wrote:
> 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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