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>>>>> "Andre" == Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> writes:

Andre> I'm under the impression that pretty much all of the 8xx-series
Andre> Latitudes have DB9 ports (Including C800, C820 and friends).

That may entirely be, but many of my local UN*X friends have ended up
with laptops from major vendors that don't include serial ports.

Several, running NetBSD, get serial from USB devices.  I don't know
the status of FreeBSD's USB-serial support.

Dave.

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