[56937] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Notebooks /w a serial port?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Fri Mar 21 21:36:03 2003
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:34:52 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <018a01c2eff2$843adf10$e2e8b1d8@adam> from "Adam Debus" at Mar 21, 2003 01:40:39 PM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
>
>
> I don't know of any off the top of my head, but you can get a Belkin USB hub
> that has a serial port on it.
>
> There's the F5U116 which as 1 Paralell, 4 USB, and 2 Serial ports... Retails
> for $90
The Keyspan's are OK, but IMHO I'd run like a Baghdad citizen from
any Belkin USB anything. Details off-list on request.
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