[Coco] terrifying sysadmins for fun with UUCP was Re: old backups , RESTORED!

[Steven Hirsch]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Christopher Hawks wrote:

>> I looked up the FTDI parts, and they can do a megabaud, so that shouldn't
>> be much of a problem.  I presume the java server that runs on here can use
>> a /dev/ttyUSB port?
>> 
>
> 	Yes Gene, I use /dev/ttyUSB0 here. (both DW3 and DW4 with Slakware)

Seconded.  "Just Works (tm)" on Ubuntu 10.04 here.  I picked up an FTDI 
based USB<->serial adapter for $7 at one of the MIT Flea markets and it 
cheerfully runs at 460k baud talking to the DE1.



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