At 2004-02-09 11:09, Declan Moriarty wrote: >In behind the vacant socket on your motherboard is probably a vacant set >of pads for a 75232 or similar com port chip. I don't recall any comment >on that so far; raising it actually brings this query on topic ;-) > >Check for a chip. Check what com 1 has, and see if com 2 has it also.
I think that the RS-232 drivers are now-a-days integrated into the chip set, so your idea isn't very likely. The reason for not placing the second RS-232 connector and using a set of DIP pins instead is usually not meant to save money, but because there is no room for it at the edge of the board. In comparison: The reason that on some video boards the DVI-connector is left-out is to save costs, but these boards need to be very low-cost and they get outdated very soon and it's very inlikely that people will buy a digital TFT LCD and want to connect it to their existing (cheap) video card. But the change that people want to connect a second device to a serial port is much more likely and also a good selling point. Some time ago one serial port was always occupied by the mouse. Greetings, Jaap -- Author: Jaap van Ganswijk INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
