26 Aug
2012
26 Aug
'12
7:34 p.m.
On 08/26/2012 10:27 PM, mc68010 wrote:
Those generic USB to serial dongles are a nightmare when working with
old gear.
How so? I use them most every day to talk to classic systems, have
for years, never had a problem.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190702111630
for example, is $75 (incl shipping) for a whole computer with 7" LCD
What I was looking for was something really small to lug around when
I have to stick
something on a serial port in the back of a rack. Looks like this
will work just fine
with a USB serial dongle.
here are the instructions for installing Linux on it
http://kernelhacks.blogspot.com/2012/06/arch-linux-on-wm8650-netbook.html