Hi Strange - I must indeed have been lucky on the last dozen or so systems I built up.
Bob On Dec 2, 2012, at 1:14 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:43:39 -0500, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Maybe I'm just shopping in the right places. I have yet to build up a >> desktop machine that does *not* have at least one COM port on the >> motherboard. That's been true all the way from simple little Atom based ITX >> boards right through monster boards with all sorts of crazy stuff on them. >> Yes, it's not out the back, but that's very easy to take care of if you need >> the port. >> >> Laptops are a bit different. They seem to die of some sort of display issue >> long before a desktop. I don't use them in test setups. >> >> Bob > > When I built my most recent workstation a couple years ago, I > specifically looked for motherboards that included a COM port and > thought I had found one but when it arrived, I discovered that they > left off everything except the UART which was integrated. Instead of > trying to figure out what level translator they used, I just bought a > PCI serial card instead. None of the USB serial dongles I tried > worked well. > > I have stopped using laptops as well. They are too fragile even when > just sitting in one place. I have seen a lot of old used working ones > for sale at HAM swap meets though that are inexpensive. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
