[NBLUG/talk] Connecting an old USR Sportster to USB

[Zack Gold]

Did you forget to insert the cute or dirty tagline?


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:52 PM, <gandalf at sonic.net> wrote:

> Today I went to go hook up an external modem to one of our servers. It's
> running an older version of debian. I had forgot that I have a temperature
> and humidity sensing system hooked up to the com port. It's pretty sweet,
> monitors the temp on the room and each individual machine and I have it
> hooked up to email me about anything unusual and text my phone with
> anything really serious. In the old building leaving the sever room door
> open was enough for it to start emailing me.
>
> Anyway, it only has one serial port and several USB ports. So two
> solutions come to mind. One is a Serial to USB adapter, and the other is
> getting a card with a couple of serial ports on it. I wonder which course
> of action has the least headache involved and is such hardware available
> locally?
>
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Zack Gold
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