[176024] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tech Laptop with DB9
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Perkins)
Tue Nov 11 00:29:36 2014
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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:32:56 +1100
From: Matt Perkins <matt@spectrum.com.au>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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You can pick up an old toughbook on eBay that have serial ports for
reasonable prices. Put in flash disk and run linux for a reasonable
experience. But for the height of convenience you cant go past an Air
Console. http://www.get-console.com/airconsole/ Nothing beats being able
to plug it in deep inside a rack and then walk back to a comfortable
seat to work. Beats the cold data center floor any day!
Matt
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On 11/11/2014 7:39 am, Max Clark 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)?
>
> Thanks,
> Max
>
