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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? Will You Buy an Apple iPad? Post 302390633 by pludi on Thursday 28th of January 2010 11:52:52 AM

01-28-2010

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I was referring to

Quote:

Originally Posted by andom

I can use it as a table calendar when I am in the office, as a full-scale organizer, foto library or foto frame, as a map, book shelf, mobile office, well, anything I like.

from above. So we agree on the fact that it isn't quite useable for the regular office stuff, while some people touted it to be just that (replacement for netbooks).

IMO (and that means it's subjective) it's an overpowered & overpriced eBook reader. And with all the functionality it's providing, there isn't one thing there that would strike me as unique, or that I couldn't get out of a netbook at a much lower price.

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uslsa

USLSA(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						  USLSA(4)

NAME

     uslsa -- USB support for Silicon Labs CP210x series serial adapters

SYNOPSIS

     uslsa* at uhub?
     ucom*   at uslsa?

HARDWARE

     The uslsa driver is known to work with the following adapters:

	   Siemens MC60 Data Cable
	   Suunto USB Serial Adaptor
	   Helicomm IP-Link 1220-DVM
	   Nokia CA-42 USB

DESCRIPTION

     The uslsa driver provides support for the Silicon Labs USB-to-RS-232 Bridge chip.

     The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4).

SEE ALSO

     tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4)

     http://www.silabs.com.

     Silicon Laboratories AN571: CP210x Virtual COM Port Interface..

HISTORY

     The uslsa driver appeared in NetBSD 4.0.

AUTHORS

     The uslsa driver was written by Jonathan A. Kollasch.  Code and style was borrowed from existing NetBSD USB-serial drivers.

CAVEATS

     Settings other than 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit seem to be refused by the CP2101.

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