On Tue, 2012-05-29 at 10:07 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: BTW, we use serial ports because we need the pulse-per-second signal from the high-end GPS receivers we use. Maybe we will go to NMEA2000, which is CANBUS. I hope not. CANBUS is a bit over the top for GPS. Then again, maybe it would make time synchronization easier. PCI-based GPS cards are useless as they are seldom part of an inertial navigation system, which is really what is at the other end of our serial cable. So, serial ports better not go away too soon. They sure are getting more scarce these days. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org