List of Serial Adapters

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PCI-e

Brand Name Model Port Chipset HardwareID Year Driver Rating Comment
Sunix Sunix SER5466HL‎‎ SER5466HL PCI-e ?? N/A Not reviews
StarTech.com StarTech.com 8-Port PCI Express RS232 Serial Adapter Card - PCIe RS232 Serial Card - 16C1050 UART‎‎ 16C1050 PCI-e ?? N/A Does not work

USB

Brand Name Model Port Chipset HardwareID Year Driver Rating Comment
Belkin F5U103 USB Serial Adapter F5U103 USB F5U103 N/A According to IBM, this driver has been tested with the IBM Serial USB device drivers. We would be happy to know your experience with this device.
Belkin F5U109 USB PDA Adapter F5U109 USB F5U109
(IBM: 10K3822)
050d:0109 N/A According to IBM this device should work flawlessly with IBM's serial USB device driver.
Belkin F5U116 USB Multi-Port Hub F5U116 USB F5U116 050d:0103 OS/2 CHL hardware testing team has successfully tested this device. The hub functionality works fine using IBM's latest USB device drivers. The Parallel port works after installing IBM's USB printer driver, and the serial port works after installing IBM's serial USB driver. Works like a charm!
Belkin Belkin F5U120 USB DockStation F5U120 USB F5U120 According to IBM, the serial port(s) of this device should work correct using IBM's serial USB device driver. By installing IBM's USB mouse and USB keyboard drivers, the PS/2 ports should also work, and by installing the USB printer package from OS/2 DDP OnLine, the full functionality of this Belkin device should be enabled.
D-Link DU-CS/DSB-S25 USB to Serial Converter Cable DSB-S25 USB According to IBM this device should work flawlessly with IBM's serial USB device driver, available via Software Choice on DDP OnLine.
IBM Multi-Port USB Hub 00N8215 USB 04B3:4482 Even that this is basically and 5 ports USB hub, this device also has a parallel adapter that works fine under OS/2. It also has two PS/2 ports (for mouse and keyboard) that works fine too and one serial port. To enable full functionality, install IBM's USB basic, printer, keyboard, mouse, and serial device drivers.
MCT Corp. USB to RS232 converter U232-P9/U232-P25 USB According to IBM this device should work flawlessly with IBM's serial USB device driver, available via SoftWare Choice on DDP OnLine.
Manhattan Computer Products 165204 USB Bay MultiPort hub 165204 USB Even that this is basically a 3 ports USB hub, this device also has a parallel adapter that works fine under OS/2. It also has two PS/2 ports (for mouse and keyboard) that works fine too and one serial port. To enable full functionality, install IBM's USB basic, printer, keyboard, mouse, and serial device drivers. Tested by OS/2 CHL hardware testing team.
Prolific PL2303 USB 2.0 to COM PL2303 USB PL2303 067b:2303 USBCOM.SYS Lightly tested, but seems to work.
Future Technology Devices International Ltd. USB-to-Serial adapter USB According to IBM, any USB device with the Future Technology Devices International Ltd. FTDI FT8U100AX chip should be serial-enabled by using IBM's serial USB device driver, available from OS/2 DDP OnLine via IBM SoftWare Choice.

PCI

Brand Name Model Port Chipset HardwareID Year Driver Rating Comment
HP HP Quatech RoHS 8-port RS-232 Serial 830-3105-00F-G PCI Card‎‎ 830-3105-00F-G PCI ?? N/A QCOM.SYS Working fine.
Quatech Quatech DSC-100 Two Port RS-232 Serial PCI Board DSC-100 PCI ?? N/A DSP100.SYS Working fine.

PCMCIA

Brand Name Model Port Chipset HardwareID Year Driver Rating Comment
Quatech Quatech SSP-100 Single Port RS-232 Serial PCMCIA Card‎‎ SSP-100 PCMCIA ?? N/A SSP100.SYS, QVCOM.SYS , QCOM.SYS
Quatech Quatech MPAP-200‎‎ MPAP-200 PCMCIA ?? N/A MPAP200.SYS
Quatech Quatech QSP-200/300 Four Channel Asynchronous RS-422/485 PCMCIA Adapter‎‎ QSP-200/300 PCMCIA ?? N/A QSP200.SYS Sold with OS/2 Drivers.
Socket Serial I/O PC Card II PCMCIA Card‎ 8510-00012 (Rev. O) PCMCIA Socket HIS-3 chip N/A 2003 PCMCIA.SYS (Automatic / Plug'n'Play)