[Cialug] usb to serial

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On 2/4/08, Nathan Stien <nathanism at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 4, 2008 1:25 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck2k at mchsi.com> wrote:
> > Problem one..Is there way to setup a usb to serial adapter to work with
> > mandriva 2k7?
>
> I have had good luck with USB serial devices on Linux, with no special
> drivers or anything.  For me they typically show up as /dev/ttyUSB0.

Yup, I've had good luck with Keyspan's USB/Serial devices.

> > Problem two.. Is there a terminal program something like hyper terminal
> > in linux that will work with the usb to serial?. I'm trying to
> > send/receive  *.s19 files from my hero 1.
>
> You might look at minicom.  Someone else here might have a better
> suggestion though.

Minicom is about the best out there that I've found.

Jeff