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Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port?


From: "Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq." <bownes () web9 com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:50:44 -0500



I've even had luck with them on on applications that are simply looking to toggle the sense lines to control outside devices.

Bob


Dave Israel wrote:


There are relatively cheap USB-to-serial devices.  That's worked
pretty well for me.

On 3/21/2003 at 16:46:51 -0500, Drew Weaver said:

        Seems like these are all but extinct, but does anyone know of a
'new' notebook that has a serial port built onto it? I've found some that
have port replicators, but that can be a pain when you need to serial into a
router or some other device. What do you guys use?

-Drew





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