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Re: Notebooks /w a serial port?
From: Steve Gibbard <scg () gibbard org>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:52:11 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Kevin Oberman wrote:
IBM T and A series systems all have serial ports as far as I know. (I have not seen T40, yet.)
The Toshiba Satellite Pros have serial ports as well. The lower end non-pro Satellite notebooks don't. I discovered while notebook shopping a couple months ago that asking about serial ports is a good way to get laughed at by computer sales people. "Don't you know serial is dead?" they kept asking. -Steve -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Gibbard scg () gibbard org +1 510 528-1035 http://www.gibbard.org/~scg
Current thread:
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port?, (continued)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Dave Israel (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq. (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Johannes Ullrich (Mar 21)
- Re: Notebooks /w a serial port? Adam Debus (Mar 21)
- Re: Notebooks /w a serial port? David Lesher (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Andy Dills (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Charles Sprickman (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Dominic J. Eidson (Mar 21)
- RE: Notebooks /w a serial port? Todd Mitchell - lists (Mar 21)
- Re: Notebooks /w a serial port? Kevin Oberman (Mar 21)
- Re: Notebooks /w a serial port? Steve Gibbard (Mar 21)
- Re: Notebooks /w a serial port? Grant A. Kirkwood (Mar 21)
- Re: Notebooks /w a serial port? Kevin Oberman (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Dave Israel (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Larry Rosenman (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Jason Lixfeld (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Roy (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Larry Rosenman (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Charles Sprickman (Mar 21)
- Re: OT: Notebooks /w a serial port? Andy Dills (Mar 21)