16 Aug
2004
16 Aug
'04
11:11
The Sunday 2004-08-15 at 10:51 -0400, Jesse L. Purdom wrote:
Yeah, given overall availability of devices I'll likely stay with a USB solution. I didn't know that laptop manufacturers were starting to drop support for serial and parallel devices, but that isn't really too surprising given the popularity of USB.
Yes, they are dropping it; I don't know how many manufacturers, but it is more difficult to find one with serial port, at least at my part of the world. It makes sense for office use, but is is a pain for field service: there are many devices out there that come with a serial port for maintenance, from routers to PLCs (programmable logic devices). -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson