No Serial Ports on my Mac

[cslewis]

I have an old scanner with a serial port that I need to use. (My regular scanner is broken). However, my mac does not have a port. Is there a serial port to USB or firewire adapter you would recommend? If there is no adapter you know of, how are scanner prices lately?

Thanks!

 

[hitchhiker]

I think there's one on apple.com

 

[Horrortaxi]

Scanners, even good scanners, are dirt cheap now. I've had a Canon Lide 30 for about a year and it's great. Fastest scanner I've ever had and it's powered off the USB bus. Plus it's small and light. $80. None of my previous scanners were this good and they all cost over $200.

The reason I say how good and cheap the scanners are these days is because any adaptor you can find (they may actually exist--I'm vaguely remembering something) will cost about as much as a new scanner and the results will be a little sketchy.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Belkin used to sell a USB to serial adaptor.

 

[cslewis]

Thanks, horror taxi. I just bought a new Canon scanner.
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=120&modelid=9455

 

[jsw]

I've got this. I use it for BASIC Stamp programming (sometimes).