[56939] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Fri Mar 21 21:51:43 2003
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:51:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
To: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net>
Cc: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com>, NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <BAA109C0.26670%joe@via.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
large dells all have serial ports
joelja
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, joe mcguckin wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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