17 Oct
2006
17 Oct
'06
1:42 p.m.
On Oct 17, 2006, at 2:26 PM, <arcarlini at iee.org> wrote:
This is hardly "general-purpose consumer" hardware.
RS232 as far
as a general purpose consumer interface is dead.
Interestingly when I needed to configure a *10Gbps* interface today on
An HP 3500yl-48G switch, I needed to connect via RS232 (and VT100
emulation
Mode!!) to assign an IP address to the switch. I'll grant that consumers are not buying
10G-capable switches
today, but
it's interesting that such a new switch still expects you to initially
say
"hello" with an RS232 interface. (OK, the default is DHCP, but the
point
still stands).
My RS232 breakout boxes are still a way from being retired.
...as are everyone else's. As I just mentioned in another
message, I believe the "dead" comment was meant in relation to
desktop personal computing hardware. Indeed, I bought a PowerMac G4
shortly after their release, and it had no serial ports...that was at
least six years ago.
He did specifically state "as a general purpose consumer interface".
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL