OT: Notebooks /w a serial port?

Sat Mar 22 02:51:05 UTC 2003

large dells all have serial ports

joelja

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, joe mcguckin wrote:

> 
> On 3/21/03 1:46 PM, "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver at thenap.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> 
> Buy a MAC Powerbook. I just purchased a 12" PB as a backup to my 15" TiBook
> and for folks around the office to use for field use. With a USB serial
> adaptor and Zterm (shareware terminal emulator) it works great.
> 

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