It wasn't the RS-232 that surprised me, it was the combination of RS-232 and PCI-E, when I expected that modern RS-232 interfaces to just use a USB converter. It is kind of like finding someone putting a Pratt and Whitney turbo fan on a Sopwith Camel.
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 8:16 AM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > In the medical and industrial fields RS-232 and RS-485 are > still alive and kicking. > > I have numerous machines that I service which still have > RS-232 ports on them. I see RS-232 and RS-485 on > industrial equipment. They were good solid standards and > I guess if it ain't broke don't break it. > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:26 AM Derek Loree <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2023-10-26 at 22:30 -0700, Russell Senior wrote: > > > I love RS232 and UARTs generally, I use them all the time and for me > > > they > > > will never go out of style, but I was wondering today about a > > > specific > > > marriage of the ancient and the modern, and it was hard to believe, > > > what > > > with USB being a pretty pervasive thing, they might exist, AND YET: > > > > > > https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex1s953lp > > > > > > THEY DO. > > > > I've been using the two port version of this card for years. Very > > robust cards, never had one fail. I use them to control the drive > > motors in a medical device that helps doctors treat vertigo. USB > > devices literally burn up when we tried them in this application. > > > > > > > > Meanwhile, parallel SCSI (which I've been using all week) has pretty > > > much > > > vanished from the modern world. > > > > > > > Same with Firewire, cables and all, gone, not to be found anywhere. > > > > Derek Loree > > >
