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

[Bob Blick]

Either one should work. USB-to-serial adapters work well under Linux and
you can find overpriced versions of them locally.

You might also consider a USB modem, since locally it will be about the
same price as a USB-to-serial adapter.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, at 02:52 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? 
> 
> 
> (imagine a cute or dirty tagline here)
> 

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