USB to Serial adapters [COLUG]

[jep200404]

Andy Ingraham Dwyer wrote:

[lost attribution by someone else

> > The drivers for the Prolific USB to serial chip set ...

> I have a Belkin N10117 ... 

That's not likely. 

The N10117 is a regulatory thing for stuff sold in Australia. [1]
It's not likely a Belkin part number. 

> ... that I'm not using that you can have. 
> It is based on the Realtek rtl8139. 
> I don't know if it will do for you or not, 

That's an ethernet chip[2], so would be of little benefit for 
UART/RS-232 kind of serial port stuff. 

[1] http://www.belkin.com/support/article/?lid=en&pid=N10117&aid=6997&scid=0
[2] http://doc.chipfind.ru/etc/rtl8139.htm