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Serial Port installation Talk
For mine I did use ST3232 chip instead of MAX3232. ST manufactured chip should be 100% same with MAX3232, it also needs 4x 0.1 μF capacitors just like MAX3232. Total cost of all needed elements was just €3 and 50 cents
You can get datasheet including schema from here.
— sala 2007/01/08 18:52