These serial interfaces are usually require a null modem serial cable too. Maybe you could do that with USB, who knows.
Last year, I thought about getting our latest batch of Dell PCs without floppies, but I'm glad I didn't. These Optiplex PCs used SATA optical drives and the latest version of Ghost didn't support booting off a CD with these. Without a floppy, it would have meant a lot more work for me. Otherwise, why should I care? It doesn't affect performance when not in use. Yes Tom, tried and true is SO 2001. You should rebel and refuse to use the brakes in your car. Hydraulic technology from the 1950's? How gauche. > -----Original Message----- > It's got nothing to do with sleepy IT staff and everything to do with > Cisco, > Nortel, Juniper, Sun, IBM, and I'm probably missing some. All of these > devices, routers, switches, firewalls and servers, brand new 2007 > models, > REQUIRE a serial interface to configure them and stomping your feet or > holding your breath won't make these vendors change their console ports > to > use USB or Firewire. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
