Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 17:34:55 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@Sisis.de>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two RS-232 ports for notebook Message-ID: <199812280034.RAA22104@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199812262149.NAA01423@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <19981226105229.52819@sisis.de> <199812262149.NAA01423@dingo.cdrom.com>
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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. Actually, they aren't that bad. Socket makes one that we've used that's fairly cheap. (Then again, I guess it depends on your idea of what 'pay through the nose is'.) The cheap one we use has 2 serial ports built-in to them. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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