[COLUG] Re: USB to Serial adapters

[Andy Ingraham Dwyer]

I wrote:
> > I have a Belkin N10117 ...

From: jep200404 <jep200404 at columbus.rr.com>

> 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.

Thanks for catching that.  It's been a while since I first looked it 
up, and only did a quick googling to refresh my memory on the details.

It's an F5U109, based apparently on a Magic Control Technology chip that 
appears to have caused various amounts of hair tearing for others.

-andy