Serial port

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What make/model of laptop comes with a 9 pin serial port?

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"anon" <johnnyhumber@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| What make/model of laptop comes with a 9 pin serial port?
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There are a few Fujitsu models that still have a serial port.

Good bet would be to check out a large web-based retailer, such as
http://www.newegg.com. There you can view the product details for a wide
variety of notebook computers.

Jef

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"jakdedert" <jdedert@bellsouth.net> wrote in
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> Jef Norton wrote:
>> "anon" <johnnyhumber@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:2ucf73F29it26U1@uni-berlin.de...
>>> What make/model of laptop comes with a 9 pin serial port?
> Several firms make a USB to serial converter. I bought one when I got
> my Gateway M305. It was less than $20, and comes with a driver disk
> which must be loaded. I loaded the driver, but never have had to use
> it.
>
> jak

It depends on what you need a serial port for. Most of the inexpensive USB
to serial adapters provide only basic serial data i/o with very little of
the control functions that some external equipment (such as test equipment
and commercial (motorola) radio programming.

I remember that a lengthy discussion went on several months back, and
for those who need this and know what I'm talking about, B & B Electronics
sells a USB to serial adapter with UART support in the dongle for about
$80.00. I was able to read and write to a Spectra D35 through the rib with
it, and also to program a Motorola MDT 7100.

We probably will buy several with our next batch of field computers for our
radio repair operations, since the ones management will approve have no
serial ports on them (they're cheap).


Lee