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

[Jared Hirst]

+1 to get console!

Regards,

Jared Hirst


On 14/02/2013, at 10:26 AM, Matt Perkins <matt at spectrum.com.au> wrote:

> 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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