[56936] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joe mcguckin)
Fri Mar 21 21:26:45 2003
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:26:08 -0800
From: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net>
To: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com>, NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <75634F04BFCFD511BF69009027DC86495C60F7@MAILMAN>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On 3/21/03 1:46 PM, "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver@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.
