Re: [OT] the limits of googling
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Owen Townend wrote:
> I had this same issue when they started phasing out RS232 ports from
> laptops, the solution for me was to use a usb adapter. I believe the
I am in the same boat. Lenovo is asking (through a pool) what ports are
nice in a laptop, you could vote on the RS-232 as I did. The poll is in
Lenovo's excellent "Design Matters" blog.
Drop the parallel port, and you have enough real state for a RS-232 in DB9
format, and 4xUSB. Failing that, even a RJ45-format RS-232 port would be
nice...
However good those USB-serial adapters are, I have never found one that
could speak all speeds properly, which can be VERY annoying on the field.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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