[176008] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tech Laptop with DB9
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eugeniu Patrascu)
Tue Nov 11 00:14:37 2014
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:59:32 +0200
From: Eugeniu Patrascu <eugen@imacandi.net>
To: Max Clark <max.clark@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Max Clark <max.clark@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> DB9 ports seem to be a nearly extinct feature on laptops. Any suggestions
> on a cheap laptop for use in field support (with an onboard DB9)?
>
You can look at older Dell Latitudes such as D620 or any Prolific based
USB-to-Serial adapter (If running those on Windows, you can set the driver
so that it will report the same COM port even if it's plugged in different
USB ports).
