From: Kendrick V. <ke...@hu...> - 2006-08-08 17:46:02
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Kingsly John wrote: > +++ J.Bakshi [2006-08-05 22:42:40]: > >> I have a question about linux usb driver. Is there any driver which allows >> attaching a serial device to usb port under linux ? My old PI PC has a serial >> port so I don't have problem to use JDM programmer (PIC Programmer). But my >> new mother board of AMD doesn't have any COM port. > > Which motherboard is this? > > I'd have thought the ps/2 mouse/keyboard ports would have been first to go. Nope. The single most underused port on a computer is the serial port. Of course I mean in the general populace, not the geek serial port using world :-) And as long as people may have legacy PS/2 mice and keyboards (more common than you think), the PS/2 ports will stay. A number of major motherboard manufacturers have started making non-legacy boards which consist of almost nothing but USB ports along the back panel, but it's not yet the norm. > It doesn't have one of those extensible serial port connector on the > motherboard either ? Can you still get breakout headers for those? I stole mine off an old IBM... -peace |