Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:49:27 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@Sisis.de> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two RS-232 ports for notebook Message-ID: <199812262149.NAA01423@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:52:29 %2B0100." <19981226105229.52819@sisis.de>
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> > I've one notebook with a normal RS-232 connector (9-pin) as COM1 > and an IR as COM2. Are there any PCMCIA cards which just give me the > possibility to have two normal RS-232 connectors, one as COM1 and the > other say as COM3? Yes. You'll often find them advertised in magazines specialising in industrial automation or data acquisition; the cards often have two or four ports onboard. Be prepared to pay through the nose for them. > Or is there some other way to replace the IR interface > with normal 9-pin RS-232? I want to use my notebook for collecting > and tracing a protocol of a serial device. Short of taking the notebook apart and hacking some extra hardware onto it, no. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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