[ALUG] linux newbie - help requested

[Wayne Stallwood]

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 21:42 +0000, Ian bell wrote:
> Me too. I do a lot of microcontroller development and most of the 
> tools use the serial port for device programmimg - I currently use a 
> USB/serial adaptor on my laptop. 

Those things drive me mad. They never seem completely reliable and I
know my Picstart programmer simply refused to work on one last time I
tried it.

Also when I am out in the field and need to attach quickly to a managed
switch/cisco/dying Alpha box or whatever usually I find that the
converter has escaped from my kit bag.

Usually it elopes with the near impossible to find in an emergency Cisco
console lead, but just recently it seems to have had a fling with my
Alpha era storage controller console lead (nasty RJ45 end with offset
latch and almost totally impossible to find)