Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1786 mails)

[Jim Henderson <hendersj@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:19:08 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:

> Need is inversely proportional to availability. My needs are modest,
> because I don't toss things that I might ever have a use for,
> particularly copper cables, which could some day be a form of currency.
> :-)

Which just goes to show that there's bound to be someone who has one when 
it's needed.  If it's needed.

> > I would guess that if one were to acquire a device that needed a serial
> > cable, one would still not be difficult to find.
>
> Just because serial cables have been easy to find in the past is no
> guarantee that they will continue to be after new PCs haven't had serial
> ports in over 10 years.

At which point, arguably, a serial printer/plotter is also not going to 
be a lot of use. :)

Jim
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