Re: [NTLK] windows and NCU

From: Ethan Clark (eclark_at_mac.com)
Date: Sun Aug 18 2002 - 16:24:57 EDT


Just wanted to point one thing out:

> I suspect, however, that newer PCs don't have those big honkin' serial
> ports that the PC-Newt Interconnect cables have...Am I right? If so,
> what are my options? I can't go mucking around with the ethernet port
> (well, not when anybody's looking, but I'll do it if...well, I 'll just
> do it!) Are there adapters?

Brand new x86-based computers still come with 9-pin serial ports, and 25-pin
parallel ports. Those computers have historically always been stuck with old
technology/ideas due to the idea that everything has to be 100% backwards
compatible. (I mean, they still use the x86 architecture, BIOSes, floppy
drives and have a base 640k of memory). Anyways, I would seriously /not/ be
worried about finding a computer with a serial port -- I've still yet to see
one lacking this piece of hardware.

Ethan Clark

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