[ale] Parallel & serial port cards?

[Bob Toxen]

Alex, THANKS SO MUCH!!!  I'll order one tomorrow!

Thanks too to Jim and Phil.

On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 06:12:38PM -0800, Alex Carver via Ale wrote:
> I have purchased multiport PCIe serial cards from StarTech in the
> past that work quite well under Debian.  They have a medusa cable to
> convert the large connector to four 9-pin D-subs.  The kernel picks
> them up right away as 16950 UART fully hardware serial ports.  There
> are also a couple combination cards available.
> 
> All of the cards show Linux support.  I would recommend separate
> cards rather than a combo card if you have space.
> 
> 4-port serial card (this is the one I've been buying for several
> systems, one computer has three of them):
> https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex4s952
> 
> One and Two port parallel SPP/EPP/ECP:
> https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex2pecp2
> https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex1p
> 
> Combo cards:
> https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex2s1p553b
> https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex2s5531p
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2020-11-14 17:20, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> >It works with xp so it's really old school. That suggests a good chance of some Linux happy. I can't recall if vantec is a new name. Xilogic?? MC used to have line of internal cards from one maker that always worked.  It's been too long since I built a desktop and I can't remember the vendor name.
> >
> >On November 14, 2020 5:51:54 PM EST, Bob Toxen via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >>Can anyone recommend a PCIe card providing a parallel port and a serial
> >>port that works with CentOS Linux, preferable that I can mail order
> >>from Microcenter?
> >>
> >>Microcenter offers the following but no indication as to whether it
> >>works with Linux:
> >>
> >>  Vantec 2S1P PCIe Serial & Parallel Combo Host Card
> >>
> >>I've tried several in the past but none worked with Linux.
> >>
> >>Also, can someone recommend a 2-port ethernet PCIe board that works
> >>with
> >>Linux, preferable that I can mail order from Microcenter.
> >>
> >>Thanks to all!
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>Bob Toxen
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