26 Aug
2012
26 Aug
'12
7:27 p.m.
On 8/26/2012 7:12 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 8/26/12 10:08 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
Those generic USB to serial dongles are a nightmare when working with
old gear. If you just need a terminal grab an old Pentium laptop with a
real DB9 serial port. It will save you headaches and a possible point of
failure. Cost even less too.
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