[BC] RS232 / USB adapter suggestions?

[Bill Sepmeier]

>Or at the very least a USB connection.  Serial ports are few and far 
>between on laptops these days.

Speaking of the lack of conventional (read: obsolete) serial ports on 
laptops ... anyone know of a good RS-232 to USB adapter cable / driver 
package?  Cheap?  I bought one for $5 or so on ebay and the chinese software 
drivers won't load and run correctly ... so much for that $5.

(Yes, I'm trying to interface with several solar PV driven high-power 
inverters that use a LAN (not IP, natch', something proprietary!) to 
communicate with each other and their ;ittle controller, and then provide 
RS-232 to ... my laptop which has no RS-232 port. And yes, I've spoken to 
the manufacturer about getting aboard the IP train ... to date, none of them 
have!  Progressive, huh?)

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