From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Dec 26 13:53:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05786 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:53:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles325.castles.com [208.214.167.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05754 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:53:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA01423; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:49:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812262149.NAA01423@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Matthias Apitz cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two RS-232 ports for notebook In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 26 Dec 1998 10:52:29 +0100." <19981226105229.52819@sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:49:27 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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