[Xastir] usb serial

[Bob Nielsen]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 05:53:49PM -0500, Wes Johnston wrote:
> I've tried to use John Hansen's TNC-x with xastir, and got it to work
> successfully with kernel 2.4.22, but not yet with 2.6.7.  It's a tremendous
> pain in the tail though.
> 
> Here's another solution. 
> http://www.usbmax.com/U232-P9_DB-9_Serial__Adapter_High_Speed_230K_USB_SERIAL_RS-232_.cfm
> works with kernel >=2.4 and enumerates as /dev/ttyUSB0 right out of the box with
> Mepis, the debian variant I run.  It uses the Prolific chipset and shows a
> product ID of PL2303 Serial Port.
> 
> So, TNC-x costs $45 sans USB, and you can add the usbmax USB->rs232 adapter for
> $16... We're looking at a $60 TNC.
> 
> Thanks to kc4pl for finding this one!
> Wes

Sounds like a real bargain!  

I have had a $99 USB uTNC (<http://www.elcom.gr>) on order since July
and hopefully it will arrive one of these days.  I keep getting excuses
and the latest message said they are sending me two of them because of
the delays, so I guess I will have a couple of $50 TNCs.  They have a
group on Yahoo and it appears that some folks have received them so it
looks like it is for real, but there appear to be some serious
production problems.  Hopefully these will be resolved soon, as there is
probably a good market for the product.

73, Bob N7XY