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Looking to buy new laptop.
Around ~$600 bucks, decent specs, AMD or Intel, don't really care.
The catch?
9-pin RS-232 port is a must.
Around ~$600 bucks, decent specs, AMD or Intel, don't really care.
The catch?
9-pin RS-232 port is a must.
RS-232 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is what you are talking about...finding that on a Modern laptop is going to be a challenge (I believe)
Serial Port is 9 pin RS-232.
Since I've never used one I can't be sure on how well they work but there is the option of USB to Serial Port Adapter
just get a prolific usb to serial adapter, works great under win7 (I use it for console access on Cisco gear)
I'm always weary of USB adapters...
I'll keep looking though.
Thanks.
Our Cisco network guy uses a USB to serial adapter to connect to all of the Cisco gear in our office with his laptop and it works just fine for him under Vista.
If you get a laptop with an expresscard slot or something you can get an adaptor... expresscard accessoris do not stickout as much as usb adaptors.
otherwise, you should problably look refurbished.