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Re: Tech Laptop with DB9
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Brown)
Tue Nov 11 00:39:36 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:41:47 -0500
From: Michael Brown <michael@supermathie.net>
In-Reply-To: <546128A3.6050908@bogus.com>
To: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>, Max Clark <max.clark@gmail.com>,
nanog@nanog.org
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Also worth mentioning: in a pinch they work great on Android and BlackBerry=
(Z30) devices with USB OTG support.
From memory I believe both pl2303 and FTDI work.
Another laptop option is an ExpressCard to serial adapter:
=E2=80=8Ehttp://www.brainboxes.com/serial-expresscard
Disclaimer: this was merely the first Google result.
=E2=80=8EM.
=C2=A0 Original Message =C2=A0
From: joel jaeggli
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 16:19
To: Max Clark; nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Tech Laptop with DB9
ftdi chipsets work on both mac and windows devices.
http://www.amazon.com/Serial-Console-Rollover-Cable-Routers/dp/B00M2SAKMG/r=
ef=3Dsr_1_16?s=3Delectronics&ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1415653377&sr=3D1-16&keywords=
=3Dftdi+serial
On 11/10/14 10:39 AM, Max Clark wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> 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)?
>=20
> Thanks,
> Max
>=20
>=20
