17 Oct
2006
17 Oct
'06
12:19 p.m.
Jay West wrote:
Pat wrote....
There are widgets available for PowerMacs and PowerBooks that
replaces the modem with either an RS232 or Classic Mac-style RS422 8-din
serial port. I couldn't quickly find the PB part, but here's one of the
RS422 doohickeys:
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/ADA-GEE3.htm
System manufacturers would probably like to ditch RS232 and RS422,
and many have already, but the users won't let it die.
Doc
Almost all the machines we have at work, which I
admin, have
RS-232 console ports....
That's true, most of your name brand data-center class Intel based (and
others) have full bios support for serial console. However, those are
not the typical machines a consumer buys.
Just try finding a laptop these days that has a serial port. You won't
find much (if any). I daresay more than half the consumer grade PC's for
the home do not have serial ports on them either nowdays.
RS232 as far as a general purpose consumer interface is dead.