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Re: Laptops!



On Wednesday 20 November 2002 07:14 am, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 06:24:52AM -0900, Greg Madden wrote:
> > As mentioned most laptops/hardware are supported by GNU/Linux.
> > One item that is dissapearing from laptops is a real serial port.
>
> This isn't really that big of an item since there is normally at
> least one USB port on the unit and USB to serial converters are
> supported.
>
> I use a Sony Picturebook (C1VN model), no legacy ports at all.

The usb to serial  does work well in Debian, I have a Keyspan device. 
For the sake of accuracy, I was trying to use a usb to serial device in 
a Win32 guest in Vmware. This was beyond my skills so I punted and went 
with the real (9 pin) serial port.
-- 
Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux



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