Connecting a USBSerial GPS to Intel iMac

Has anyone been able to connect their Garmin GPS to their Intel iMac? The drivers I was using for my USB Serial cable no longer work, and I want to find a cable that does and purchase it.
If your does work can you give me a link to your drivers so I can see if my cable can use it?
Thank You
Guy

I have a Keyspan USB to serial adapter and Keyspan has already made available a beta version of their Universal driver for these adapters. Their website suggests the final version will be ready sometime in February.
I am using the excellent MacGPS Pro software, and that is promised to be available as a Universal Binary too.
I haven't actually tried connecting my Garmin 12XL to my Intel iMAC yet to confirm this works, thinking I can wait a bit longer for Keyspan's final release of their driver.

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