Serial Port to USB Adapter and Mac OS X

[Rob Keniger]

On 13/02/2007, at 4:14, Gary Sommer wrote:

> I've used this inexpensive one with success on PowerPCs (using  
> termios):
>     http://sewelldirect.com/usbtoserial.asp
> I don't know if it works with Intel.  It uses Prolific chipset and  
> if I recall Prolific's site is where I grabbed the latest OS X  
> drivers for it.

The Prolific drivers are definitely Universal binary, I use one of  
these with a GPS on my MacBook, it just shows up as a standard serial  
port device.

http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31

In general, devices using the Prolific chipset are significantly less  
expensive than Keyspan et al.

- rob.keniger