USB-Serial adapter success stories?

[cdoerbec at cso.fmr.com (Christoph Doerbeck a242369)]

I've played with a couple.  The tough part is to find a usb serial
device that's compatible.  BELKIN IS NOT!!!

I found that brand "X" (I can't remember the brand & it's not on the cable)
works great and is reasonably cheap.  I still see them at CompUSA in
the PDA area.  They are semi-translucent (MAC like), about 12" long.

I have not tried to use them on a usb hub. But I have successfully bound
one to a tty device and used minicom to get to another host with a
serial port set up with a getty.

Bob George wrote:
> Has anybody used any of the serial-to-USB adapters under Linux (ideally, 
> kernel 2.4)? I'm considering them as an alternative to handle 4-6 serial 
> devices (RS-232). I'm wondering if a bunch of these adapters to a hub 
> would work. It would give me a LOT of flexiblity if so.
> 
> Any tips appreciated!
> 
> - Bob
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