From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 16 19:46:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2089316A4CF for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:46:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (mproxy.gmail.com [216.239.56.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1718343D1D for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:46:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michael.enright@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id w29so2238731cwb for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:46:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.11.99.11 with SMTP id w11mr108548cwb; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:46:33 -0700 From: Michael Enright To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <40F7F37B.3400.11A40478@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <40F79C66.592.104FD19D@localhost> <40F7F37B.3400.11A40478@localhost> Subject: Re: Serial console on a ThinkPad? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:46:34 -0000 At this regional, walk-in store in Southern California, you can get the cards for under $40 each, so $225 total seems pretty high. In my experience the cards come with cables. http://pcclub.com/product_list.cfm?cat=Controller%20Cards&subcat1=Firewire Prices at newegg.com seem to be similar but I don't have a nice summary link for that. On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:25:47 -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > On 16 Jul 2004 at 20:15, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 09:14:14AM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > > > I had a look at this. I have an overview of how to do it (manual > > > pages dcons(4), dconschat(8) and possibly a few others linked from > > > those). But the problem is hardware. None of my computers have > > > firewire. That means buying two firewire cards. That's about $225 > > > minimum (including the taxes and the cable). > > > > I paid the equivalent of USB $20 for both my NEC-based PCI and CardBus > > firewire cards... including cables, and taxes, here in .uk. > > That's USD I think. If I could get them at those prices, I'd buy > them. Used? I must be looking in the wrong stores. > > > -- > Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >