As a happy user of TWO SER-001 in both of my Newts I can only advise you to
make your decision rather based on your real needs:
if you need the serial connection regularly for backup or loading packages
or connection to your mobile or printing, then in my opinion there is no
doubt that the SER-001 is worth its money.
BTW I do not know if you have a dongle (without that dongle you do not have
a the possibility to connect via serial)- and this thingie is traded for 30$
as well ...
BUT if you do have a Dongle already and you connect via Ethernet or WiFi, if
you do not plan to use any device in conjunction with your Newt via serial
(printer, modem, GPS to give only a few possible applications)
then you can stay with your Dongle and forget the SER-001.
Cheers
Johannes
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Damien Batstone
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] I'm killing my dongle
> PCBman's SER-001 boards are a well engineered piece of work, and
> offer much
> less opportunity of frying the Newton and/or causing RF interference than
> soldering/cold soldering to the chip. However, it's hard to justify the
> cost on a hobby project (the newton cost $45). Having said that though,
> and just received my 2100 in the mail today, it's a lovely bit of kit. I
> may end up eating my words.
> Cheers,
> Damien
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