cctalk Digest, Vol 132, Issue 23 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Aug 2014

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 4:13 PM, <cctalk-request at classiccmp.org> wrote:

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 From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
 On Behalf Of David Brownlee
 Sent: August-11-14 9:36 AM
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 Subject: Re: Interesting cheap gadget: RS232 to TCP/IP convertor

 On 11 August 2014 16:05, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:

  On 8/11/14 7:33 AM, Liam Proven wrote:

  Yes really. ?11, about $15 or so.

 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251594530679

  http://www.tcp232.net/tcp-ip-to-serial-module 

 Mmmm.. if I still had some scattered boxes with a need for serial console
 http://www.tcp232.net/tcp-ip-to-serial-module/USR-RS232-to-ethernet-module.…
 might be interesting...

 Now I'm just as likely to pick a (non godawful) USB/serial dongle and plug
 into the back of a random nearby not-quite-so-legacy box :)

You know, this originally looked like a dream come true? until I realized
that I'm either draping a CAT-5 cable across the room, or a serial cable.
 I have some 50' MMJ serial cables, and the adapter ends to plug them into
things.  True, I already have an Ethernet infrastructure in the room, but I
can also hook up a terminal server where I have some machines that need it.
 I can't think of any scenarios where I want to be further than 50' from
one of the machines, but for one - and my 11/73 and VAXen have Ethernet.

I looked up RS232-to-Bluetooth and there are devices, but there a LOT more
expensive.  I'll just keep schlepping cables around the room, I guess, at
least for now.  -- Ian
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Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School
University of Washington

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