Someone mentioned earlier that one option is to do USB <--> serial. I'm interested in any reports of success with these devices. I'm thinking in particular of using it for a GPS unit, since all of those I know of still use serial, but my vaio laptop requires a klunky port replicator to do serial. I suspect you need 2.4 kernel, right? Anecdote: I tried a USB <--> SCSI adapter for a Scanner, and got it to "work", but it was all messed up with timings or something, and would output inconsistent junk (e.g., separated RGB colors, messed up image, etc.). Andy > I actually saw a PCMCIA card once that offered *4* serial ports. > > Carl Soderstrom >