Can I use a serial cable with a Macbook running XP?

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there are several brands of USB to serial adapters, I have several at work but I don't remember the brand. We got them with some equipment and I noticed the OS X logo on the box, but we use those device with Dell PCs that have serial ports.

I also remember a while back I had a Keyspan USB-Serial adapter back when I was using a Palm PDA.

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