[ltp] Serial port for a T40

[Joel Ebel]

I use a Garmin GPS 3+ with my thinkpad all the time with a Keyspan USB 
to serial adapter.  It has always worked reliably for me, so I highly 
recommend it.

Joel Ebel

Joan Roig Amorós wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> does anybody have any experience connecting a GPS unit to a T40 running linux? 
> of course my T40 has no serial port, so... what is the best/cheapest way to 
> add a serial port that will work also with linux? serial to USB? PCMCIA to 
> serial (I see that cards  are ~$25 in ebay)? or should I wait for Xmas and 
> buy myself a dock?
> 
> thank you,
> 
> joan